: Is the OCR-A sans-serif? Can anyone confirm that OCR-A is a sans-serif font? Are the OCR-A capital letters considered to be block-form? Thank you.

@Phylliss782

OCR-A is not a sans serif face.

I'm afraid I have to disagree with the group here. The i, j, l, T, 1, and 7 all use serif elements that can not be present in a sans serif (6 and 9 too, in a weird sort of way).

This is a superb example of why we break out monospace as it's own category. Strange deformations become necessary to fill the gaps.

Monospace [mostly] without the serifs

OCR-B was designed to be much closer to a true sans serif and I would reluctantly classify it as such.



Block what?

I have no idea what "block-form" means. Kinda makes me think of Egyptian type (like Clarendon) but I'm guessing that's not what you mean.

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@RJPawlick971

While I agree with the others that this font could be considered sans-serif, I would classify it as a monospaced font first and a sans-serif font second.

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@Odierno310

100% sans serif. Serifs are those little "feet" at the ends of certain lines. Serif means "with serifs" and sans serif "without serifs". Serif fonts are for example Times New Roman or Cambria. Sans serif fonts are for example Arial, Helvetica or Calibri. You will spot the difference easily.

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@RJPawlick971

In that OCR-A does not have serifs, yes, I can confirm that it is a sans-serif font. In that the letters are not a connected script face, yes, they are considered block letters (block letters being letterforms that aren't connected to others--though the term is a bit fuzzy and may be used in different ways).

OCR-A is a rather unique font in that it was designed for something incredibly specific (early computer character recognition) so, in a way, stands by itself in terms of classification. In general, however, most would consider it a mono-spaced sans-serif face.

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