MICR E-13B Fontware

	On this page Character Mapping Morovia MICR E-13B Font Package support platforms Windows 2000, Windows XP or above; Type 1 Postscript platforms Now support HP Laser printer! Print barcodes from any platform to a PCL-compatible laser printer.

Sale Price: $89 Calibration Wizard Included!

MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) strips are used by banking industry to automate check processing. It was invented around 1950s. The characters can be recognized in two ways: magnetic recognition and optical recognition. Through the special character design, each character generates unique signal to the MICR reader, making the reading very fast and accurate. To satisfy printing requirements, magnetic ink has to be employed to print checks. You can find a whole list of MICR toner vendors through this link.

Morovia MICR E-13B font follows the most recent ANSI standard X9.27-2000 when printed at point size 12. The character set is generally called "E-13B". The standard is used by many countries, including Canada, Japan, United Kingdom and Australia. For the complete country list, click here.

To print checks that can be recognized by check readers, the characters must have precise measurements. Not all MICR fonts in the market, especially these marketed as shareware, meet the printing requirements of the standard.

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If you are considering designing your own checks, you may check out Morovia SecureyPay™ Fontware. A Microsoft Word template for US check is included in SecurePay™ Fontware.

Character Mapping

Morovia MICR E13B contains a character set of 14 characters. The mapping is illustrated in the table below:

Transit Symbol: The data between transit symbols indicates the institution which the check is drawn from. It is also called Routing Number in US.

Amount Symbol: The data between amount symbols represents the amount. This portion does not usually appear in the check; it is used internally in the bank.

On-Us Symbol: This character indicates the following data represents the account number.

Dash: This character separates the account number.

For example, the MICR strip in a check numbered 1172, from Account 0711-252187 at bank with routing number 082012714 will look like this:

The above image was produced with MRV MICR font at point size 12. The font string is (A082012714A1172 C0711-252187C).

Morovia MICR E-13B Font Package

Morovia MICR E-13B Font package consists of 10 true type fonts. We also provide Postscript and PCL fonts for free to these who own a true type font license to our MICR E-13B font. Also enclosed is Morovia MICR E-13B Calibration Wizard, which helps our customers locate the best typeface fit for their printing environment.

In most cases, MRV MICR typeface produces the most accurate result. Unfortunately although most of people may not notice, many factors, such as ink, weather and paper impact the final print results. For example, paper tends to expand when heats up, and contracts when it dries. Humidity and ink quality also affects the printout. To achieve the most accurate result we provide 10 true type fonts. Those fonts suffixed by W (meaning: wider) have slighter wide character spacing. Those suffixed by N (meaning: Narrower) have slighter narrower character spacing. For printers that produce slightly lighter results, choose those suffixed by B (bolder). For printers that produce slightly darker results, choose the one suffixed by L (lighter).