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  • BS 5464-3:1983

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    Optical character recognition Method of coding machine readable characters (MICR and OCR) for information processing

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  30-12-1983

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    National foreword
    Cooperating organizations
    Method
    1. Scope
    2. Field of application
    3. References
    4. Coding
    5. General considerations
    6. Font CMC 7
    7. Font OCR-A
    8. Font OCR-B
    9. Font E 13 B
    Annex
    Main differences between ISO 2033-1972 and the present
    edition
    Tables
    1. 8-bit coding of the characters of all fonts
    2. 7-bit coding of the characters of the CMC 7 font
    3. 7-bit coding of the characters of the OCR-A font
    4. 7-bit coding of the characters of the OCR-B font
    5. 7-bit coding of the characters of the E 13 B font
    6. Characters of the CMC 7 font and their assignment
        to positions in the code tables
    7. Characters of the OCR-A font and their assignment
        to positions in the code tables
    8. Characters of the OCR-B font and their assignment
        to positions in the code tables
    9. Characters of the E 13 B font and their assignment
        to positions in the code tables

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    Method of encoding character sets E 13 B, CMC 7, OCR-A and OCR-B as 7-bit and 8-bit coded character sets.

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    This International Standard defines the coded representation of printed characters recognized by reading equipment. It includes the fonts:

    E 13 B as covered in ISO 1004
    CMC 7 as covered in ISO 1004
    OCR-A as covered in ISO 1073-1
    OCR-B as covered in ISO 1073-2

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    Committee ICT/1
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 5464-1:1977 Optical character recognition Character set OCR-A. Shapes and dimensions of the printed image
    BS 5464-2:1977 Optical character recognition Character set OCR-B. Shapes and dimensions of the printed image
    ISO/IEC 2022:1994 Information technology Character code structure and extension techniques
    ISO 1004:1995 Information processing — Magnetic ink character recognition — Print specifications
    ISO/IEC 10731:1994 Information technology Open Systems Interconnection Basic Reference Model Conventions for the definition of OSI services
    ISO 1073-2:1976 Alphanumeric character sets for optical recognition Part 2: Character set OCR-B Shapes and dimensions of the printed image
    ISO/IEC 646:1991 Information technology ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange
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