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OCR-B

OCR-B is a monospace font developed in 1968 by Adrian Frutiger for Monotype by following the European Computer Manufacturer's Association standard. Its function was to facilitate the optical character recognition operations by specific electronic devices, originally for financial and bank-oriented uses. It was accepted as the world standard in 1973. It…

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Category
Sans-serif
Classification
Neo-grotesque
Date created
1968
Design based on
OCR-A
Designer
Adrian Frutiger
Re-issuing foundries
Adobe Inc., Mergenthaler Linotype

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OCR-B

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples42
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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OCR-B

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related to history · 18
OCR-B → After, Class, Constant Strokewidth, ECMA, European Computer Manufacturers Association, II, III, In February, In June, In September, ISO, IV, Letterpress, OCR, October, Optical Character Recognition, The, To
related to Availability · 16
OCR-B → Adobe, Constant Strokewidth OCR-B, It, Letterpress OCR-B, Many, METAFONT, METATYPE1, Microsoft Office, Norbert Swartz, OCR-A, OpenType, The, The TeX, TrueType, URW, Windows-1252
Category · 1
OCR-B → Sans-serif
Classification · 1
OCR-B → Neo-grotesque
Date created · 1
OCR-B → 1968
Design based on · 1
OCR-B → OCR-A
Designer · 1
OCR-B → Adrian Frutiger
Re-issuing foundries · 1
OCR-B → Adobe Inc., Mergenthaler Linotype
Variations · 1
OCR-B → F2F OCRBczyk
is a · 1
OCR-B → monospace font developed in 1968 by Adrian Frutiger for Monotype by following the European Computer Manufacturer's Association standard

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standard iso design font ocr new revision character 1073-2 ocr-a ecma european used published shapes 1976 letterpress also needed adrian

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
OCR-BCategorySans-serif1.00infobox
OCR-BClassificationNeo-grotesque1.00infobox
OCR-BDate created19681.00infobox
OCR-BDesign based onOCR-A1.00infobox
OCR-BDesignerAdrian Frutiger1.00infobox
OCR-BRe-issuing foundriesAdobe Inc., Mergenthaler Linotype1.00infobox
OCR-BVariationsF2F OCRBczyk1.00infobox
OCR-Bis amonospace font developed in 1968 by Adrian Frutiger for Monotype by following the European Computer Manufacturer's Association standard0.90text
OCR-Brelated to AvailabilityMicrosoft Office0.60section
OCR-Brelated to AvailabilityLetterpress OCR-B0.60section
OCR-Brelated to AvailabilityURW0.60section
OCR-Brelated to AvailabilityIt0.60section

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