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OCR-A font

Summary

OCR-A font is an open-source typeface[1]. It draws 129 Wikipedia views per month (open_source_typeface category, ranking #1 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • OCR-A font is the creator of American Type Founders[3].
  • OCR-A font's instance of is recorded as open-source typeface[4].
  • optical character recognition is named after OCR-A font[5].
  • OCR-A font's collection is recorded as Museum of Modern Art[6].
  • OCR-A font's inventory number is recorded as 1062.2010[7].
  • OCR-A font's designed by is recorded as American Type Founders[8].
  • OCR-A font is used for optical character recognition[9].
  • OCR-A font's Commons category is recorded as OCR-A[10].
  • 1968 marks the founding of OCR-A font[11].
  • OCR-A font's copyright holder is recorded as Monotype[12].
  • OCR-A font's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[13].

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Designation and Status

OCR-A font's instance of is recorded as open-source typeface[4].

History and Context

1968 marks the founding of OCR-A font[11]. optical character recognition is named after it[5].

Why It Matters

OCR-A font draws 129 Wikipedia views per month (open_source_typeface category, ranking #1 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Museum of Modern Art optical character recognition

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . moma.org. moma.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Verdy p · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Creator → —
    Collection → Museum of Modern Art
    Has use → optical character recognition
    Named after → —
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