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. [Jaspert] Carried by ATF.
[Handy One-Line Type Style Selector, after 1961]
Shown as E13B in a Filmotype
catalog.
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 More…
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. [Jaspert] Carried by ATF. [Handy One-Line Type Style Selector, after 1961]
Shown as E13B in a Filmotype catalog.
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.
