MICR in use https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/295/micr MICR in use. E-13B is one of two major typefaces used for magnetic ink character recognition (MICR), along with CMC-7. It includes the ten digits plus four control characters; transit, on-us, amount, and dash. E-13B was developed by a team at Stanford Research Institute and General Electric Computer Laboratory in the mid 1950s and has been adopted as an international standard. [Wikipedia] Produced by Monotype and others. [JBJ] Carried by ATF. [Handy One-Line Type Style Selector, after 1961] Shown as E13B in a Filmotype catalog. [Filmomaster c.1974] There are digital versions by Adobe (as MICR), Linotype (Universal MICR Pi), and Bitstream (MICR). Latter comes in three “closely related weights for light, normal or heavy inking.” — MyFonts In the mid 1960s and early 1970s, several typefaces appeared that extend this aesthetic to alphabetic characters, incl. Moore Computer, Gemini Computer, Westminster, Orbit-B, Data 70. en Copyright 2026 , FontsInUse.com LLC Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:53:19 +0000 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:53:19 +0000 3600 <![CDATA[Atari Force, Fact File: Commander Martin Champion]]> https://fontsinuse.com/uses/44856/atari-force-fact-file-commander-martin-champi Bryson Stohr


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Atari Force is the name of two comic book series published by DC Comics from 1982 to 1986. Both were loosely based on trademarks of Atari, Inc. This fact file for Commander Martin Champion dates from 1982.

“Atari Force” seems to be set in a filled-in version of Filmotype Veranda (which is itself an outlined version of Filmotype Flyer), “Fact File” is set in Stencil (which was originally released in 1937), and “#1 Commander Martin Champion” is set in ITC American Typewriter Bold. The statistics use a mixture of Data 70 (for the headers), OCR-A (for the information), and MICR (for the numbers used in that area).

According to the credits on the other side of the front cover, Neal Pozner is credited for the design, whilst Gil Kane, Dick Giordano, and Mike DeCarlo are credited for the art.



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]]> https://fontsinuse.com/uses/44856/atari-force-fact-file-commander-martin-champi Sun, 23 Jan 2022 11:38:51 +0000 Bryson Stohr <![CDATA[1984]]> https://fontsinuse.com/uses/5990/1984 Stephen Coles


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Lithograph with hand-coloring on Arches
Artist Proof V aside from the edition of 60
Published by Gemini G.E.L.
Frame 20.5″×25.5″

It’s likely a font was not used for this piece, but the lettering is clearly derived from the MICR numerals. In the mid 1960s and early 1970s, several typefaces appeared that extend this aesthetic to alphabetic characters, incl. Moore Computer, Gemini Computer, Westminster, Orbit-B, Data 70.



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