Typophile

(x) Raised account numbers on credit cards - custom OCR face {Patricia}

Koppa

Coud someone please tell me what font is used for the raised account numbers on credit cards?

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Patricia Fabricant

Some sort of OCR I’d think. Not likely a commercial font exactly, since special equipment is required.

Florian Hardwig

I’ll second that. Here are some OCR fonts.

Not likely a commercial font exactly
I wouldn’t be surprised if such a font appeared in the Lineto library some day …

Mårten Fischer

There are a “free” font called Halter by Apostrophic Lab out there that may do the trick. Otherwise if you just want the look and feel of the credit card characters I think you’ll like Ray Larabie’s Kredit...

Koppa

This is inquiry was a favor for a friend...on her behalf, thank you all.

Florian Hardwig

David H. Shepard, the inventor of the optical character recognition device, dies at 84 (New York Times – via Fontblog.de).

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