IDautomation.com MICR CMC-7 Font Advantage Package DEMO

This download contains a sample of the CMC7 font used to print the magnetic encoding on bank checks. Although the CMC7 fonts are scaleable, you should use the font size of 12 to print the CMC7 fonts. Choosing the font size of 12 sets the CMC7 font height to 3.2 mm, which is the standard for France and most other countries. If your requirements are different, the CMC7 font size can be adjusted accordingly. This sample CMC7 font should only be used for testing and evaluation purposes because it does not contain the number "5". If you order the CMC7 font license, you will receive fully functional TrueType, OpenType and PostScript versions of the CMC7 fonts. To order the fully functional CMC7 font containing all numbers, please visit the CMC7 website or click here to order now.

INDEX:

• Advantage Package Features and General Information
• Installation Instructions
• Font Technical Support

The CMC-7 font is a special MICR barcode font that is used in Mexico, France, Spain, Brazil and most Spanish speaking countries to print characters for magnetic recognition and optical character recognition systems. The CMC-7 MICR font contains ten specially designed numeric characters 0 through 9, and five special symbols. The MICR E13B font is a special font that is used in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Panama, UK, and a few other countries. If you are interested in this font you may visit our MICR E13B Font site. Details of the Font Advantage Package are as follows:

• Created Directly From ISO Specifications - the MICR CMC7 fonts were created according to ISO (International Standards Organization) specifications for MICR printing.
• Easy to Use - although the CMC-7 fonts are scaleable, you should use the font size of 12 to print the CMC-7 fonts. Choosing the font size of 12 sets the CMC-7 font height to 3.2 mm which is the standard for France and most other countries. If your requirements are different, the CMC-7 font size can be adjusted accordingly. The following is sample code from Visual Basic that selects the CMC-7 MICR font and size.
  Printer.FontName = "IDAutomationCMC7"
  Printer.FontSize = 12
  Printer.Print variable
• Embedding Support - the embedding support of our MICR fonts enables embedding in special PDF document applications such as Adobe Writer, Distiller, PDF Lib and FOP TTF Reader. This level of embedding also supports creation of OpenType and TrueDoc fonts for webpages. More about internet fonts...
• Different Versions Provided - besides the normal CMC7 font in the package, three narrow versions are also provided to support printers that print slightly darker than normal. The narrow version fonts have a font name ending in "n??", where "??" is a two digit number that represents the percentage the vertical bars were decreased. For example, IDAutomationCMC7n10 is a font that is narrow by 10%.
• Multiple Formats Provided - when you purchase a license for this font, you will receive all versions in a single ZIP file. The manual is supplied in a file named "readme" in the ZIP file. The following fonts are included:
  • TrueType fonts are supplied in PC and Macintosh format. The TrueType TTF fonts are compatible with Macintosh OS X and all versions of Microsoft Windows, including Pocket PC. Macintosh formatted MTT TrueType fonts are compatible with Macintosh System 7.1 and above.
  • OpenType OTF fonts with PostScript outlines are provided. These are compatible with Windows, Macintosh OS X and other systems supporting the OpenType format.
  • PostScript Type 1 fonts are supplied in binary, ASCII and Macintosh Classic Mac-Binary versions.
  • Also included in this package are 300 and 600 DPI PCL fonts.
  • With the purchase of a Developer License and 1 year of support and upgrade protection, we can convert fonts from this package to PCL 4, Xerox Metacode, XES, FNT, BDF, FON and AFP. More about this is provided here. The Developer License also grants you the right to convert our fonts to other formats as necessary including TrueDoc and OpenType. 
  • You may also get more information on what font types are provided.
  • For the most up to date installation procedures for other operating systems, please visit our Technical Support Site.

NOTICE: The MICR font should be printed at 12 points with a high quality 300 DPI or greater resolution printer. To create the correct output for the font, you will need to choose the font in your application and type in the corresponding letter.

To install the TrueType fonts in Windows, run the INSTALL.EXE program or perform the following for manual installation: 

1. Click on Start, Select settings and click on Control Panel.
2. Click on Fonts, Click on File in your main tool bar, Select Install New Font.
3. Select the folder where you placed the barcode fonts.
4. The fonts will appear and look like this: FontName (true type) - select the fonts you want to install and choose OK.
5. Click Start and choose to shut down and restart your computer.
6. The font should be active when you restart your computer.

Installing the fonts on Macintosh OS X:

1. Drag or copy and paste the TrueType font file(s) ending in TTF to the Library/Fonts folder.
2. To activate the fonts, restart the application - some applications may require you to restart the computer.
3. The font should now be active in the font menu of your application.

To install the TrueType font on the Classic Macintosh (OS 7.1 - OS 9):

1. Download and install Stuffit Expander on your Macintosh if you do not have an expander utility that can open ZIP files and decode MacBinary files.
2. Open the ZIP distribution file that contains the fonts by dragging the ZIP file on the Stuffit Expander icon. The font files will be extracted from the ZIP distribution file and will appear in a subfolder of the folder you placed the ZIP file in. Open this subfolder to view the font files.  At this point, you may want to view the documentation supplied with the font files. To do so just drag the file "readme.html" to the Netscape or Internet Explorer icon.
3. Now we must decode the files from MacBinary format. Drag the font files that you wish to use that end with "mtt" to the Stuffit Expander icon.
4. Drag the decoded font files to the System - Fonts folder.
5. Restart the application you wish to use the font with.
6. The font will be active in the font menu of your application.
7. To create the correct output for the font, you will need to choose the font in your application and type in the corresponding letter.

Font installation procedures for other operating systems are provided here

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