• BS EN 14603:2004

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    Information technology. Alphanumeric glyph image set for optical character recognition OCR-B. Shapes and dimensions of the printed image

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  17-01-2005

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    1 Scope
    2 Conformance
    3 Normative references
    4 Terms and definitions
    5 Coding in OCR applications
    6 OCR-B styles
    7 OCR-B sizes
    8 Typical dimensions of the nominal printed image
    9 OCR-B glyph image set
       9.1 Subset 1: Minimal alphanumeric subset
       9.2 Subset 2: Basic alphanumeric subset
       9.3 Subset 3: Extended alphanumeric subset
       9.4 Subset 4: Options subset
    10 Index table
       10.1 Availability of glyph images
       10.2 Identification of drawings
       10.3 Application considerations
    11 Use of diacritical marks
       11.1 Diacritical mark repertoire
       11.2 Composite glyph images
       11.3 Rules for glyph image combinations
    12 Use of the LOW LINE glyph
    13 SPACE
    14 Glyph image shape definitions
       14.1 Reference drawings
       14.2 Availability of duplicates
       14.3 Type dimensions
       14.4 Constant-strokewidth font, size I
       14.5 Constant-strokewidth font, size III
       14.6 Constant-strokewidth font, size IV
       14.7 Letterpress font, size I
    15 Printing the letterpress and constant-strokewidth fonts
    16 Illustration of OCR-B
    Annex A (normative) Definition of Euro sign glyph image
                           (ISO/IEC 9541-3 syntax)
    Annex B (informative) Main differences between ISO 1073/II-1976
                           and this European Standard
    Annex C (informative) Notes on the implementation of OCR-B
    Annex D (informative) Glyph-repertoire extension needs identified
                           in JTC 1/SC 2 revision process
    Annex E (informative) Illustrations of reference drawings
    Annex F (informative) Availability of reference drawings
    Bibliography

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    Defines a set of glyph images designated OCR-B, intended primarily for use in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) applications, but suitable also for visual, i.e. human, reading.

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    Add the Euro Sign into the standardised OCR-B repertoire.

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    Committee ICT/1
    Development Note Supersedes BS 5464-2(1977) and 03/640568 DC. (01/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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

    ISO/IEC 9541-3:1994 Information technology — Font information interchange — Part 3: Glyph shape representation
    ISO 1831:1980 Printing specifications for optical character recognition
    ISO/IEC 6937:2001 Information technology Coded graphic character set for text communication Latin alphabet
    ISO/IEC 646:1991 Information technology ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange
    ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000 Information technology Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane
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