Unicode: Bank OCR โ‘†

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โ‘€ โ‘ โ‘‚ โ‘ƒ โ‘„ โ‘… โ‘† โ‘‡ โ‘ˆ โ‘‰ โ‘Š

Note, there is a error in unicode name. The names of the following two characters are swapped. โ‘ˆ โ‘‰. The โ‘ˆ should be called OCR CUSTOMER ACCOUNT NUMBER, and โ‘‰ should be called OCR DASH

What is OCR-A

OCR-A (Optical character recognition) is a font created in 1968, as machine-readable characters.

OCR-A char digits rMnN8
OCR-A char digits
OCR-A char unaccented capital letters 4BdzT
OCR-A char unaccented capital letters
OCR-A char unaccented small letters wpq5V
OCR-A char unaccented small letters

What is MICR Code

Magnetic Ink Character Recognition Code (aka MICR code) is character recognition tech used by banks for processing checks. It began in 1958, and by 1963, it's widely adopted by USA banks.

One of the standard font for MICR Code is E-13B.

MICR code font MfgCX
MICR code font

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