I realize I'm dating myself ... but OCR is a font that was originally
created by NSA to facilitate accurate machine readable text. So, I would
submit that OCR font is a good choice for OCR'ing.
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>>Do you have a recommendation for a font that works best for OCRing<<
Jakie,
I would stay with the Times New Roman. Generally, the systems we use
recommend using serif'd fonts when OCR/ICR will be applied. Our testing
appears to confirm the recommendations.
I would note that your particular software may function better with
specific
fonts. I would contact the vendor and ask for their suggestions. Software
also commonly includes options to specify the type of font, whether it is
a
small font, whether the font being OCR'd is fixed or proportional, and a
variety of other optional settings. Use of the various options can
significantly increase recognition success.
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