IDAutomation OCR Font Advantage Package

INDEX:

• Advantage Package Features
• Installation Instructions
• Specifications

• Support

• Created from ANSI and ISO Specs, the OCR-A and OCR-B character sets contain upper case and lower case letters, numbers, and several special characters. The OCR-A font was created from ANSI X3.17-1981(R2002) and ISO 1073/11 specifications and the OCR-B font characters were created from ANSI X3.49-1982(R2002) and ISO 1073/1 specifications. Both include the Euro character.
• Special Symbols are provided for purposes such as international character support. To view the locations of these symbols, open the IDAutomationOCRa font in the Windows Character Map application.
• ANSI Sizes 1, 3 and 4 of each font are provided.
• USPS Mail Compatibility is obtained by using the IDAutomationOCRa font at 9 points.
• Norwegian Bank Checks may be printed with the IDAutomationOCRb font at 9 points. The IDAutomationOCRb font has been accepted by BBS (Norwegian banks payment centre) for use on bank checks in Norway.
• OCR A1 EURO BANKING and German Bank Checks may be printed with OCR-A font, which includes special symbols such as the Chair, Fork, Hook and Euro for printing bank cheques in Europe. The IDAutomationOCRa size 1 font (cheque schriften) should be used to print German bank checks. The following table lists the locations of these unique characters:

  Character	ASCII Location	Unicode Location	Replaces character
  	126	007E	~
  	194	00C2	Â
  	193	00C1	Á
  	195	00C3	Ã

• OCR B1 Euro Banking compatibility is achieved with the IDAutomationOCRb font at point size 9 and supports the character set of the OCR-B1 Euro banking standard. This standard includes the numbers 0 - 9, some uppercase letters and a range of special characters (< > + - / # * | . , "). The IDAutomationOCRb font also meets the specifications for the ECMA-11 norm and may be used on accept giro forms. IDAutomation's OCR B font includes the Euro symbol.
• Full Embedding Support enables embedding in PDF document generation applications such as Adobe Writer, Distiller, PDF Lib and FOP TTF Reader. This level of embedding also supports creation of custom OpenType and TrueDoc fonts for web pages.
• Adjustable Spacing is obtained by changing the point size. For example, setting the IDAutomationOCRa font to 9.10 points will allow it to print slightly wider.
• Specifications:

  Font Name	Point Size	CPI	LPI	Size	H	W	T	Notes
  IDAutomationOCRa	9	10	5	I	2.4 mm .094"	1.4 mm .055"	.36 mm .014"	Standard OCR-A size I Character pitch: 2.54 mm / .1"
  IDAutomationOCRb	9	10	6	I	2.39 mm .094"	1.4 mm .055"	.35 mm .014"	Standard OCR-B size I Permanent mutual pitch: 2.54 mm / .1" Max character height: 2.71 mm
  The fonts listed below are for special purposes and are placed in the "OtherSizes" folder of the package. These fonts are not available in the demo version.
  Font Name	Point Size	CPI	LPI	Size	H	W	T	Notes
  IDAutomationOCRa6LPI	9	10	6	I	2.4 mm .094"	1.4 mm .055"	.36 mm .014"	OCR-A size I Character pitch: 2.54 mm / .1" Small letters should not be used with this font.
  IDAutomationOCRaIII	9	10	5	III	3.2 mm .126"	1.52 mm .06"	38 mm .015"	OCR-A size III Character pitch: 2.54 mm / .1" Small letters should not be used with this font.
  IDAutomationOCRaIV	12	7	4	IV	3.81 mm .15"	2.03 mm .08"	.51 mm .02"	OCR-A size IV Character pitch: 3.63 mm / .143"
  IDAutomationOCRbIII	9	10	5	III	3.2 mm .126"	1.52 mm .06"	.38 mm .015"	OCR-B size III Permanent mutual pitch: 2.54 mm / .1"
  IDAutomationOCRbIV	12	7	4	IV	3.58mm .141	2.10 mm .083"	.50 mm .02"	OCR-B size IV Permanent mutual pitch: 3.63 mm / .143"
  Legend: CPI - characters per inch LPI - lines per inch Size - this is the ISO/ANSI size of the characters according to the specification H - average centerline character height W - average centerline character width T - average character width or line thickness

• IDAutomation's OCR Font Advantage Package includes TrueType, OpenType, several PCL versions and PostScript versions of the OCR fonts. The PostScript fonts may be used on Unix systems and may be directly downloaded into PostScript printers. Binary and ASCII versions of PostScript are also provided. TrueType fonts are supplied in PC and Macintosh format and are compatible with Macintosh OSX and all versions of Microsoft Windows, including Pocket PC. Get a complete list of which font types and versions are provided.
• The Developer License grants the right to convert IDAutomation's fonts to other formats as necessary including TrueDoc and OpenType.

Installation in  Windows:

• Click on Start, select settings and click on Control Panel.
• Click on Fonts, click on File in the main tool bar, and select Install New Font.
• Locate the font that needs to be installed.
• The font will appear and look like this: font name (true type) - select the appropriate font and Click on OK.
• Click Start and choose to shut down and restart the computer.
• The font should be active after the computer restarts.

Installing the fonts on Macintosh OS X:

1. Drag or copy and paste the TrueType font file(s) ending in TTF to the Library/Fonts folder.
2. To activate the fonts, restart the application - some applications may require you to restart the computer.
3. The font should now be active in the font menu of your application.

To install the TrueType font on the Classic Macintosh (OS 7.1 - OS 9):

1. Download and install Stuffit Expander on your Macintosh if you do not have an expander utility that can open ZIP files and decode MacBinary files.
2. Open the ZIP distribution file that contains the fonts by dragging the ZIP file on the Stuffit Expander icon. The font files will be extracted from the ZIP distribution file and will appear in a subfolder of the folder you placed the ZIP file in. Open this subfolder to view the font files.  At this point, you may want to view the documentation supplied with the font files. To do so just drag the file "readme.html" to the browser icon.
3. Now we must decode the files from MacBinary format. Drag the font files that you wish to use that end with "mtt" to the Stuffit Expander icon.
4. Drag the decoded font files to the System - Fonts folder.
5. Restart the application you wish to use the font with.
6. The font will be active in the font menu of your application.

PCL Fonts:
To obtain information about installing PCL fonts, please refer to the PCLinfo.html document provided in the PCL folder of the package.

Font installation procedures for other operating systems