IDAutomation Security Font
Package
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Security Fonts are used to securely print text, names and currency amounts on
highly secure documents, such as a bank check, in a manner that cannot be easily
altered and may prevent forgery. This package includes 4 separate Security Fonts in
6 different font formats, both normal and descriptive, where the written
characters appear below. The fonts include both upper and lower case alpha
characters, as well as numbers, symbols and multiple currency characters
including the Dollar, Euro, Pound and Yen.

- Embedding Support - The embedding support of IDAutomation's Security fonts enables embedding in special PDF
document applications such as Adobe Writer, Distiller, PDF Lib and FOP TTF
Reader. This level of embedding also supports creation of OpenType and
TrueDoc fonts for web pages.
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- Multiple Formats Provided - After purchasing a license for this
font, the customer will receive all versions in a single ZIP file. The manual is
supplied in a file named "Readme.html". The following fonts
are included:
- TrueType fonts are supplied in PC and Macintosh format. The TrueType
TTF fonts are compatible with Macintosh OS X and all versions of
Microsoft Windows, including Pocket PC. Macintosh formatted MTT TrueType fonts are
also supplied for compatibility with
Macintosh System 7.1 to 9.x.
- OpenType OTF fonts with PostScript outlines are provided. These are
compatible with Windows®, Linux, Macintosh OS X and other systems supporting the OpenType format.
- PostScript Type 1 fonts are supplied in binary, ASCII and Macintosh
versions.
- Also included in this package are PCL laserjet soft fonts at 300 DPI.
- The Developer License grants the right to convert IDAutomation fonts to
other formats as necessary including TrueDoc and OpenType.
- For the
most up to date installation procedures, please visit IDAutomation's
Font Support Site.
Several font names are provided to support different print environments.
The following fonts are provided in the package:
Font Name |
Purpose |
IDAutomationSec1B |
Security font with black letters |
IDAutomationSec1W |
Security font with white letters |
IDAutomationHSec1B |
Security font with black letters and
human readable characters below |
IDAutomationHSec1W |
Security font with white letters and
human readable characters below |
- To help prevent forgery, IDAutomation recommends utilizing the start and stop characters with the secure fonts. These characters will combine the ends of the lines together.
The { } brackets are the "rounded" start and stop characters. The [ ] brackets
are the "square" start and stop characters. For example, to securely print a
name on a bank check with square ends, print [Jon_Doe] with IDAutomation's security font selected.
- The space character has been moved to the underscore "_" location
because the space character (ASCII 32) simply prints a space.
- The following chart shows the ASCII locations for specific characters:
ASCII Location |
Character |
Description |
128 |
€ |
Euro |
162 |
¢ |
Cent |
163 |
£ |
Sterling Pound |
164 |
¤ |
Currency |
165 |
„ |
Yen |
At certain point sizes, security fonts can seem distorted on the screen
because the screen resolutions are low. Fonts are represented by the dots of the
output device, whether it is screen pixels or the dots of a laser printer.
IDAutomation fonts are created to be printed on high resolution ink-jet and laser printers
300 DPI or greater.
Installation in Windows:
- Click on Start, select settings and click on Control Panel.
- Click on Fonts, click on File in the main tool bar, and select
Install New Font.
- Locate the font that needs to be installed.
- The font will appear and look like this: font name (true type)
- select the appropriate font and Click on OK.
- Click Start and choose to shut down and restart the computer.
- The font should be active after the computer restarts.
Installing the fonts on Macintosh OS X:
- Drag or copy and paste the TrueType font file(s) ending in TTF
to the Library/Fonts folder.
- To activate the fonts, restart the application - some applications
may require you to restart the computer.
- The font should now be active in the font menu of your application.
To install the TrueType font on the Classic
Macintosh (OS 7.1 - OS 9):
- Download and install Stuffit Expander on your Macintosh if you do
not have an expander utility that can open ZIP files and decode
MacBinary files.
- Open the ZIP distribution file that contains the fonts by dragging
the ZIP file on the Stuffit Expander icon. The font files will be
extracted from the ZIP distribution file and will appear in a subfolder
of the folder you placed the ZIP file in. Open this subfolder to view
the font files. At this point, you may want to view the documentation
supplied with the font files. To do so just drag the file "readme.html"
to the Netscape or Internet Explorer icon.
- Now we must decode the files from MacBinary format. Drag the font
files that you wish to use that end with "mtt" to the Stuffit Expander
icon.
- Drag the decoded font files to the System - Fonts folder.
- Restart the application you wish to use the font with.
- The font will be active in the font menu of your application.
PCL Fonts:
To obtain information about installing PCL fonts, please refer to the
PCLinfo.html document provided in the PCL folder of the package.
Font
installation procedures for other operating systems
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