BS 5464-2:1977
Superseded
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Optical character recognition Character set OCR-B. Shapes and dimensions of the printed image
Hardcopy , PDF
17-01-2005
English
29-04-1977
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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
Establishes a common basis for printing equipment and optical scanning equipment for interchange applications.
| Committee |
IST/12
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| DevelopmentNote |
Also numbered as ISO 1073-2. Supersedes 75/72082 DC. (08/2005)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
52
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy |
| 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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