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  • BS 5464-2:1977

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    Optical character recognition Character set OCR-B. Shapes and dimensions of the printed image

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  17-01-2005

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  29-04-1977

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Cooperating organizations
    Specification
    1. General
    2. Styles
    3. OCR-B sizes
    4. Typical dimensions of the nominal printed image
    5. OCR-B character set
    6. Index table
    7. Use of diacritical signs
    8. Use of the two underline characters
    9. Space
    10. Vertical line and long vertical mark
    11. Character shape definition
    12. Printing the letterpress and constant strokewidth
         fonts
    13. Illustration of OCR-B
    Annexes
    A. Old design of digit zero
    B. Existing applications using former size II with
         former font design of the ten digits
    C. Recommendation for the implementation of OCR-B
         on typewriters
    Tables
    1. Typical dimensions A, B, C and D
    2. Dimensions of erase characters
    3. Dimensions of vertical line and long vertical mark
    Figures
    1. Heights above and below base line
    2. Erase characters
    3. Examples of accented letters
    4. Example of use of discontinuous underline

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    Establishes a common basis for printing equipment and optical scanning equipment for interchange applications.

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    Committee IST/12
    Development Note Also numbered as ISO 1073-2. Supersedes 75/72082 DC. (08/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

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    BS 5464-3:1983 Optical character recognition Method of coding machine readable characters (MICR and OCR) for information processing
    BS 5644:1978 Specification for computer output microfiche (COM), A6 size
    BS 6616:1986 Specification for paper and print for optical character recognition (OCR)
    BS 6321:1982 Specification for authorized signature lists and their representation on microfiche in bank operations
    BS EN 726-6:1996 Identification card systems. Telecommunications. Integrated circuit(s) cards and terminals Telecommunication features
    BS EN 797:1996 Bar coding. Symbology specifications. \'EAN/UPC\'
    BS 7106-1:1989 Guide to recording techniques for information on identification cards Embossing
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