It is usually left blank and will be added by your bank.Ģ. Amount - The amount field is enclosed between two amount symbols ( ). The MICR Characters must be in a single line and located at least 0.1875 inches from the bottom of the document.įor US checks, the MICR Line usually includes the following fieldsġ. According to the ANSI specifications, the height of the Clear Band must be at least 0.625 inches high. The Clear Band is a rectangular block of space that must not include magnetic properties that interfere with the reading of the MICR Line. The MICR Line is located at the bottom of the document, within an area known as the Clear Band. The MICR Line typically contains information on the account number, routing and transaction codes, and the check amount. The characters are printed using magnetic ink so that they are readable by a machine and facilitate rapid financial document processing.īankenScribe MICR Font is used mainly for printing the MICR Line of a bank check or other financial documents. They are the 10 digits ( ) and four special symbols ( ). There are 14 characters in the E13B standard. A document encoded with MICR can normally withstand light pencil marks, grease marks, and other non-magnetic smear and splatter over the characters. It may be printed using existing printing technology, and read accurately by machines, known as reader-sorters. MICR is used to print routing and accounting information on checks. E13B fonts are used in USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Central America and Asia. The standard also specifies the printing tolerances and other important considerations.
The technology is implemented by printing special block-like characters on magnetic ink, which may be read automatically by machine and enables speedy checks processing.īankenScribe MICR Font for E13B is designed based on the ISO-1004 Standard, which specifies the dimensions and shapes of the MICR Characters.
MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition. We are the specialists in the production of high-quality MICR solutions.
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