ISO 1073-1
Alphanumeric Character Sets for Optical Recognition - Part 1: Character Set OCR-A - Shapes and Dimensions of the Printed Image
| Organization: | ISO |
| Publication Date: | 1 December 1976 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 28 |
| ICS Code (Information coding): | 35.040 |
scope:
This International Standard for character shapes and sizes is intended to facilitate and foster the use of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in data processing, by defining character shapes suitable for both human and machine reading.
It establishes a common basis for printing equipment and optical scanning equipment for OCR interchange applications.
Additional International Standards will cover the print quality and the relevant characteristics of the formats needed to satisfy interchange requirements.
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