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[BARCODE][MICR] Where can I find free fonts for ghostscript ?
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yves piel
2005-07-07 09:55:20 UTC
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Hello,
I'm searching for free bar code (bar code 39) and MICR (CMC7 and E13B)
fonts in order to use with ghostscript.

tnahk you :)
Warren Block
2005-07-07 14:10:02 UTC
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Post by yves piel
I'm searching for free bar code (bar code 39) and MICR (CMC7 and E13B)
fonts in order to use with ghostscript.
There are some very good ones here:

http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/barfonts/

No MICR, but the author suggests he may be able to create new fonts from
detailed specifications.
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Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA
Rod Dorman
2005-07-07 18:10:13 UTC
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Post by Warren Block
Post by yves piel
I'm searching for free bar code (bar code 39) and MICR (CMC7 and E13B)
fonts in order to use with ghostscript.
...
No MICR, but the author suggests he may be able to create new fonts from
detailed specifications.
And make sure your printer can print with magnetic ink/toner or are
you just looking for the optical properties?
--
-- Rod --
rodd(at)polylogics(dot)com
yves piel
2005-07-07 18:44:23 UTC
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Post by Rod Dorman
Post by Warren Block
Post by yves piel
I'm searching for free bar code (bar code 39) and MICR (CMC7 and E13B)
fonts in order to use with ghostscript.
...
No MICR, but the author suggests he may be able to create new fonts from
detailed specifications.
And make sure your printer can print with magnetic ink/toner or are
you just looking for the optical properties?
Of course I'm aware about the magnetic ink for MICR :) But I found only
one CMC7 free font and the autor say that it's not a real CMC7 font but
have only the style :(
Don Lewis
2005-07-11 13:19:52 UTC
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Considering that the bank will probably charge you for any off spec
documents that you issue, free is pretty expensive in the long run.

I use a font from IDAutomation.com for MICR printing which seems to keep the
bank happy.

Don Lewis
Post by Rod Dorman
Post by Warren Block
Post by yves piel
I'm searching for free bar code (bar code 39) and MICR (CMC7 and E13B)
fonts in order to use with ghostscript.
...
No MICR, but the author suggests he may be able to create new fonts from
detailed specifications.
And make sure your printer can print with magnetic ink/toner or are
you just looking for the optical properties?
--
-- Rod --
rodd(at)polylogics(dot)com
Jim Land
2005-07-07 22:20:25 UTC
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Post by yves piel
I'm searching for free bar code (bar code 39) and MICR (CMC7 and E13B)
fonts in order to use with ghostscript.
Back in March I answered a similar question with this quote from the
web:

"It is important to remember that the optical specifications for MICR
characters are for the printed characters, not the bitmap dimensions of
the electronic MICR font. Consequently each MICR laser printer should
use a custom MICR font that has been tailored to the magnifications and
imaging characteristics of that specific printer.

"There are no universal electronic MICR font sets that will optimally
work in all MICR laser printers. Creating an optimized MICR font
requires tremendous amounts of research, development, and testing."

The work you are doing has already been done. You can buy a package
that includes a laser printer, MICR toner, check-printing software, and
the MICR font, for under US$500.

https://www.printerm.com/Store/index.php?cPath=1_21
James Cloos
2005-07-15 00:08:27 UTC
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For a MICR font cf:

http://sandeen.net/GnuMICR/

-JimC

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