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I am not responsible for any\n   damages or expenses resulting from its use.\n\n2) This font may only be distributed with the license and the source code \n   to the font intact.  It's not exactly clear to me how the GNU GPL applies to \n   fonts, but in my eyes, the font file \"GnuMICR.raw\" is the \"source code\" to\n   this font, and the files \"GnuMICR.pfa\" and \"GnuMICR.pfb\" are the compiled\n   versions.  if you redistribute the \"compiled\" version, you must also\n   distribute, or offer to distribute,  the \"source\" version (see COPYING).\n\n   Also, it is my wish that this font not be distributed in such a way\n   that it is built into a proprietary piece of software.  I'll leave\n   the legal wrangling to the lawyers, but in my opinion, if you\n   write, say, a non-GPL'd check printing application for Windows,\n   you should not hard-code or embed this font into your application.\n   I feel that this would be the font-equivalent of linking libraries.\n   If you wish to distribute this font with your app, that's fine,\n   but I feel that it should be distributed alongside the application,\n   with all copyright \u0026 license info intact, per the terms of the GPL.\n\n   I have spent MANY hours on this font.  Please respect my work, and\n   follow my wishes regarding licensing of this particular font.\n \n   For a brief introduction to fonts, copyright, and piracy, see\n   \"Ethics and Licensing Issues Related to Type\" at\n   http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO-12.html\n\n--------------------------\n\nOk, with that out of the way...\n\nA while ago, I set out to be able to print my own checks under Linux.  The\nfirst requirement was that I find a MICR font (those funky numbers and\nsymbols at the bottom of your check) that could be freely\ndistributed with the application.  I quickly found that such a thing didn't\nexist, so I set out to make my own.  This font is the result.\n\nI coded this font by hand, without the aid of any GUI font application.\nMy goal was to be as accurate as possible, with complete control over\nthe resulting font.  I found dimensions and other specs for the font \nand their use at http://www.cdnpay.ca/eng/rules/006.ENG.htm\nThis seems to be mostly geared towards Canadian standards, but the MICR\nfont is an ISO standard, and the glyph dimensions should be the same\nas are used in the United States.\n\nMy sole source for information for this font was the URL above.  This font\nis NOT a modified version of any existing MICR font.\n\nThe \"source code\" to this font is the file \"GnuMICR.raw\"  This file\nmay be converted into an actual Type 1 (.pfa or .pfb) font with\nthe \"t1utils\" package available\nat http://www.lcdf.org/~eddietwo/type/#t1utils\n\nI have not had this font tested by any bank.  You should get best results\nwith a 600dpi PostScript(tm) printer, probably worse results with a 300\ndpi laserjet printer via GhostScript.  The hinting on the font is likely\nnot perfect, so rendering at lower DPI may introduce some errors.\n\nI have had some very good reports of people using this font for\ncommercial printing, however.\n\nI'm not a PostScript(tm) expert by any means.  If anyone who is reading\nthis document _is_ and would like to offer suggestions or patches for the \nfont or its associated .afm file, please feel free to do so.\n\nAlso, if you have access to the tools needed to really test the font,\nand you feel like doing that, I would really like to hear from you.\nI'd like to make this the best MICR font available.  I think it's\nwell on its way - see \"comparison.png\" for an overlay of GnuMICR\nvs. a sample from a commercial font.  Note the strange arcs in some\nregions of the commercial font.\n\nThe TTF font provided in this package was converted by a third\nparty using Windows NT.  As such, I have very little confidence\nin the quality of the TTF font.  If you want the result of my hard\nwork on dimensional accuracy, use the postscript font.\n\nSee the file INSTALL for help installing this font.\n\n-Eric Sandeen\n July 1, 2000\n Updated March 2, 2003\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Falerque%2Fgnumicr","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Falerque%2Fgnumicr","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Falerque%2Fgnumicr/lists"}