IDautomation MICR E13B Font Package

MICR E13B Font Advantage Package TrueType, PostScript and PCL

Easily print MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) E-13B barcodes as a font
Includes IDAutomation Security Fonts for printing secure names and amounts
MICR E13B fonts were created according to ISO (International Standards Organization) specifications
TrueType, OpenType, PCL laserjet soft fonts and PostScript font versions are included
Compatible with Microsoft# Windows#, Pocket PC, Macintosh, UNIX, Linux and others
MICR E-13B fonts also comply to strict ABA and ANSI standards
Custom BDF, FON, AFP, Xerox Metacode, XES and FNT fonts can also be created with the Developer's License and one year of support
Our reasonably priced Developer Licenses make it easy to create custom MICR programs for check printing, MICR check drafting, automated payroll and accounting applications. Implementing solutions with our MICR fonts gives you a high level of scalability with operating system, application and printer independence. Learn more about the quality of our fonts.


.NET developers: If you would rather implement MICR as a .NET component that creates and prints MICR images without fonts, you may want to evaluate our .NET MICR Forms Control or the ASP.NET MICR Server Control.

MICR E13B Font Features

The MICR E13B font is a special font that is used on bank checks and drafts in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Panama, UK, and a few other countries to print MICR characters for magnetic recognition and optical character recognition systems. The MICR E13B font contains ten specially designed numeric characters 0 through 9, and the four special symbols: transit, amount, on-us, and dash. The MICR CMC-7 font is a special font that is used on bank checks in Mexico, France, Spain and most Spanish speaking countries. For information on the CMC-7 font visit the CMC-7 MICR Font Site.
Created Directly From ISO Specifications - the MICR E13B fonts were created according to ISO (International Standards Organization) specifications for E13B MICR. The MICR E13B fonts also comply to strict ABA and ANSI standards and have been in use for over three years in Draft Creator and other check printing software programs. These MICR fonts have been proven to pass the ABA banking standards in the USA for bank checks and bank drafts. The MICR fonts have been tested on several MICR readers and sorters including the UNISYS DP500 and the IBM 3890.
Security Fonts Included - these unique fonts allow a more secure method of printing names and amounts that help eliminate forgery on bank checks. For information from developer, please visit our Security Fonts webpage.

Visual Basic Source Code - we now include Visual Basic source code with your order. The VB source code has been extracted from a working check printing application and it should give you ideas and guidance for automated methods of printing bank checks using our MICR E-13B font.
Peachtree Compatibility - some accounting packages (such as Peachtree Complete Accounting version 8 or greater) allow the use of our MICR fonts on custom check forms. If your accounting package has this capability, you can save on check printing and streamline the check printing process.
Easy to use - the following is sample code from Visual Basic that selects the MICR font and size.
Printer.FontName = "MICR"
Printer.CurrentX = 1500
Printer.CurrentY = 3000
Printer.FontSize = 12
Printer.Print variable
Embedding Support - the embedding support of our MICR fonts enables embedding in special PDF document applications such as Adobe Writer, Distiller, PDF Lib and FOP TTF Reader. This level of embedding also supports creation of OpenType and TrueDoc fonts for webpages. More about internet fonts...
Multiple Formats Provided - when you purchase a license for this font, you will receive all versions in a single ZIP file. The manual is supplied in a file named "Readme.html" in the ZIP file. The following fonts are included:
TrueType fonts are supplied in PC and Macintosh format. The TrueType TTF fonts are compatible with Macintosh OS X and all versions of Microsoft Windows, including Pocket PC. Macintosh formatted MTT TrueType fonts are compatible with Macintosh System 7.1 and above.
OpenType OTF fonts with PostScript outlines are provided. These are compatible with Windows#, Macintosh OS X and other systems supporting the OpenType format.
PostScript Type 1 fonts are supplied in binary, ASCII and Macintosh versions.
Also included in this package are PCL laserjet soft fonts at 300 and 600 DPI.
With the purchase of a Developer License and a 1 year subscription of the Priority Support and Upgrade, we can convert fonts from this package to PCL 4, Xerox Metacode, XES, FNT, BDF, FON and AFP. More about this is provided here. The Developer License also grants you the right to convert our fonts to other formats as necessary including TrueDoc and OpenType.
You may also get information from developer on what font types are provided.
For the most up to date installation procedures for Macintosh, UNIX and other operating systems, please visit our Technical Support Site.
For an economical MICR Check Reader, we offer the SCANTEAM# 8310. This reader can auto-discriminate documents encoded with either E-13B or CMC-7 fonts and allows for the attachment of a 1, 2, or 3 track integrated MSR reader.
Several font names are provided to support different print environments. The following fonts are provided in the package:
Font Name Purpose
IDAutomationMICR The normal MICR font that will produce the correct MICR representation on most laser printers.
IDAutomationMICRB10 A bold version provided to support printers that print slightly lighter than normal.
IDAutomationMICRL15 A lighter version provided to support printers that print slightly darker than normal.
IDAutomationMICRN1 Narrow version to support printers that print slightly wider than normal.
MICR Fonts named MICR and E-13B are the same as IDAutomationMICR and are provided to support applications that require these specific names