Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : ttf-ocr-a Version : 1.0 Upstream Author : John Sauter * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/ocr-a-font * License : Public Domain Description : ANSI font readable by the computers of the 1960s The OCR-A font was developed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to be readable by the computers of the 1960s. The OCR-A font is still used commercially in payment advice forms so that a lockbox company can determine the account number and amount owed on a bill when processing a payment. A site license for the OCR-A font is very expensive, so I undertook to create a free font. I started with the MetaFont definitions, used FontForge and potrace to construct a TrueType font, then assigned each glyph a Unicode code point. I visually compared the resulting character shapes with ANSI X3.17-1977.
I will figure a better long description when actually packaging the font, feel free to read the rest of the ReadMe.txt at the homepage or at http://gnu.ethz.ch/debian/ttf-ocr-a/ttf-ocr-a-1.0/ReadMe.txt -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: powerpc Kernel: Linux ibook 2.4.23-ben1 #7 Sat Dec 27 11:20:38 CET 2003 ppc Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=POSIX -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
