micr (magnetic ink character recognition) strips are used by banking industry to automate check processing. it was invented around 1950s. the characters can be recognized in two ways: magnetic recognition and optical recognition. through the special character design, each character generates unique signal to the micr reader, making the reading very fast and accurate. to satisfy printing requirements, magnetic ink has to be employed to print checks. morovia micr e-13b font follows the most recent ansi standard x9.27-2000 when printed at point size 12. the character set is generally called "e-13b". the standard is used by many countries, including canada, japan, united kingdom and australia. morovia micr/e13b fontware allows you to print micr/e13b strip, a critical component of financial checks. true type, postscript type 1 for windows and macintosh platforms are included in one package and hp pcl versions will be provided upon request. calibration wizard, an utility to assist producing accurate print result, is included in the package. this package comes with 30-day money guarantee and 180-day unlimited technical support through phone and email.