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From: syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Computer Readable Font (for acct numbers on Bank Checks) wanted
Message-ID: <1991May10.142946.21859@DSI.COM>
Date: 10 May 91 14:29:46 GMT
References: <1991May2.191802.2778@beaver.cs.washington.edu> <1991May10.130625.3644@world.std.com>
Reply-To: syd@DSI.COM
Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc.  Huntingdon Valley, PA
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hal@world.std.com (Harry A Levinson) writes:
>In article <1991May2.191802.2778@beaver.cs.washington.edu> dylan@june.cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee) writes:
>>
>>I am just now getting ready to order my next batch of checks for some
>>silly amount of money, and realized that I can make them myself in 
>>PostScript!  All I need is to get the account/check number in that
>>goofy computer readable font they use at the bottom of checks.  Is
>>this, or something like it around?  Anyone see any caveats?  
>Unfortunately your
>original question about a source for the font remains unanswered.
The font in question is a stock Adobe Type 1 font, and include MICR
and OCR characters in the package.
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