Section 7
Using TROY Fonts
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Accessing TROY
Fonts Using Non-
Windows
Applications
Using TROY
MICR Fonts
Using the
Convenience
Amount Fonts
Using the TROY
Security Font
Using the TROY
Messaging Fonts
Using the TROY
OCR Fonts
Using the Reverse
Helvetica Font
If you are using a non-Windows application to print MICR documents, the escape sequence for each font must be
programmed into your check-printing application in order to “call” each of the selected fonts. The <Esc>
character is ASCII character number 27 (hexadecimal number 1B). Refer to the end of this section for each
escape sequence (displayed above each character map) used to call each TROY font.
The E-13B MICR font (T
ROY
E-13B,
T
ROY
CMC-7) can be used for printing the MICR line in many countries,
including the United States. In some European and Latin American countries, the CMC-7 MICR font is used
instead. MICR document processing requires that the MICR characters be precise in size, shape, and spacing.
For this reason, the TROY MICR font is supplied as a TrueType font; it must not be altered by scaling or other
size manipulation. TROY can provide customer support for your MICR applications only if you use the supplied
TROY MICR fonts.
Your TROY Security Printing Solution includes a large, small and enhanced convenience amount font (T
ROY
ECF,
T
ROY
LCF,
T
ROY
SCF). These fonts consist of numbers with their alphabetic spellings placed directly
below the numerical character. These fonts are designed for use in the
Legal Amount
field only (located directly
below the
Payee
field). You can enter alphanumeric symbols representing the amount of the check into this field.
The TROY Security font (T
ROY
S
ECURITY
,
T
ROY
S
ECURITY
S
PANISH
) is designed to prevent fraudulent alteration
to the
Amount
field on the check. The font consists of numbers with their alphabetic spellings placed directly
below the numerical character with a wavy lined pattern running through each character. These fonts are
designed for use in the
Legal Amount
field only (located directly below the
Payee
field on the check). You can
enter numeric symbols representing the amount of the check into this field. During document processing,
convenience amounts may be visually read and encoded on the check by bank personnel. In this case, a large
Security Amount
font may best meet your bank’s requirements.
The TROY Messaging font is designed specifically to capture user-defined non-check data that can be included
in the TROY audit reports and/or the TROYmark
™
background image on the check. The messaging font is
visible on the screen as a generic typeface, but will not print.
The TROY OCR fonts (T
ROY
OCR-A
AND
T
ROY
OCR-B) are used to print any information (names, addresses,
amounts) on the check that is to be read by automated readers using optical character recognition.
The TROY Reverse Helvetica font is used to print names and addresses on the back of transparent envelope
windows for use in pressure-seal machines.
