“In 1968, American Type Founders produced OCR-A, one of the
first optical character recognition typefaces to meet the criteria
set by the U.S. Bureau of Standards. The design is simple so that
it can be read by a machine, but it is slightly more difficult for
the human eye to read. OCR-A follows the 1981 standard set by the
American National Standards Institute (ANSI), X-3.17-1981 (size I).
The same design is also specified for the German DIN 66008
standard.” [Adobe]
“[…] first developed in the United States in 1961 as a numeric
font only. In 1966 an alphanumeric font which contained 57
characters, including the existing numeric font, 4 abstract
characters, and only capital letters, was issued. The revised
standard was entitled American National Standard Character Set for
Optical Character Recognition, ANSI X3.17-1966.” [1981
FIPS] ISO 1073/1 from 1976 includes capitals, figures, and
control characters. [SIS] A
lowercase was added before 1980. [U&lc
Vol. 7 No. 2 p55]
Photo-Lettering had a phototype adaptation
named More…
“In 1968, American Type Founders produced OCR-A, one of the first optical character recognition typefaces to meet the criteria set by the U.S. Bureau of Standards. The design is simple so that it can be read by a machine, but it is slightly more difficult for the human eye to read. OCR-A follows the 1981 standard set by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), X-3.17-1981 (size I). The same design is also specified for the German DIN 66008 standard.” [Adobe]
“[…] first developed in the United States in 1961 as a numeric font only. In 1966 an alphanumeric font which contained 57 characters, including the existing numeric font, 4 abstract characters, and only capital letters, was issued. The revised standard was entitled American National Standard Character Set for Optical Character Recognition, ANSI X3.17-1966.” [1981 FIPS] ISO 1073/1 from 1976 includes capitals, figures, and control characters. [SIS] A lowercase was added before 1980. [U&lc Vol. 7 No. 2 p55]
Photo-Lettering had a phototype adaptation named Cathode Ray. [PLINC One Liner 1971].
Added to the Letraset library in 1986. [U&lc Vol. 13 No. 1 p67]
