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Ocr B

Ocr B delivers clean, contemporary letterforms optimized for digital interfaces and modern design systems.

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Sans Serifby Raisty80% Accessible
Characters456
Glyphs547
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Ocr B

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Best Font Pairings for Ocr B

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Ocr B, including combinations with Cnrgn Builder, Broshk Fruits and Westernic.

Each pairing includes accessibility ratings, expert reasoning, and usage recommendations for web and print design.

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Test Ocr B Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Ocr B with any font combination in real-time, optimized for sans serif characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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In Context

Ocr B Specimen Gallery

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Ocr B Editorial Specimen

Ocr B in Editorial Context

Ocr B is a sans serif typeface by Raisty suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Raisty

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

Ocr B demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a sans serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of Ocr B supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Raisty, Ocr B balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Ocr B Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Ocr B Specimen

Ocr B

Ocr B is a sans serif typeface by Raisty built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

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Tagline Pairings

Ocr B— sans serif typeface
Ocr BBy Raisty
Ocr BTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Ocr B Glyphs & Characters

Size48
Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Type Scale

Ocr B Used As Heading Examples

Heading Level 1<h1>
64px
Bold
72px
Ocr B primary headline
Heading Level 2<h2>
48px
SemiBold
56px
Ocr B section heading
Heading Level 3<h3>
32px
Medium
40px
Ocr B subsection title
Heading Level 4<h4>
24px
Regular
32px
Ocr B content heading
Heading Level 5<h5>
18px
Regular
26px
Ocr B minor heading
Heading Level 6<h6>
14px
Medium
20px
Ocr B smallest heading
Font SizeWeightLine Height
Body Copy

Reading Text in Ocr B

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for Ocr B, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

Ocr B demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting Ocr B for body copy, TypeSmith recommends these optimized specifications. The carefully tuned metrics ensure comfortable reading at extended lengths while maintaining the typeface's distinctive character.

Ocr B small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

ElementWeightSizeLine HeightTrackingPreview
Body TextRegular16px24px0.5pxOcr B delivers excellent readability for body copy
ItalicizedRegular Italic16px24px0.5pxOcr B italic provides elegant emphasis
BoldBold16px24px0.5pxOcr B bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small CapsRegular16px24px0.5pxOcr B typography specimen
Secondary TextMedium14px20px0.5pxOcr B typography specimen
.your-class { font-family: 'Ocr B'; }

Quick Start

Adding Ocr B to Your Website

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Ocr+B:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Ocr+B:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Ocr B';
  src: url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Ocr+B:wght@400;700&display=swap');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Ocr B CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

 1.my-text {
 2  font-family: 'Ocr B', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Ocr B', sans-serif;
 2
 3.my-text {
 4  font-family: $font-primary;
 5}

Tailwind CSS

config

Configure once, apply with utility classes.

 1// tailwind.config.js
 2module.exports = {
 3  theme: {
 4    extend: {
 5      fontFamily: {
 6        'ocr-b': ['Ocr B', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-ocr-b">Your text here</p>

About

About Ocr B

Raisty
Sans Serif
Open Source

Ocr B font is a classic monospace typeface by Raisty based on the optical character recognition standard. This fixed-width face brings authentic machine-readable character to technical, banking, and administrative design. OCR B's distinctive letterforms evoke document processing and computer history. Particularly effective for ticket design, check printing, and retro-tech aesthetics. The standardized proportions ensure consistent machine readability. Works for specialized display applications. Pairs with modern sans-serifs for contemporary contexts using OCR accents.

Ocr B comes from the work of Raisty. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Ocr B features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for corporate identity systems requiring neutrality.

Ocr B is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 4 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Ocr B

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand Ocr B's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

1

Classification

Sans Serif analysis. Typographic analysis places Ocr B within the Lineal (Grotesque, Neo-grotesque, Geometric, Humanist) tradition, characterized by No serif extensions on stroke terminals and Stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. The first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Key technical strength: widest variable-font support with weight and width axes.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 80). Ocr B performs strongly for sustained reading across digital and print contexts.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Raisty. The designer's attention to stroke consistency and typographic color produces a Sans Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Ocr B

Ocr B embodies the Lineal typeface, anchored in the tradition where the first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Its distinctive no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated make it well-suited for corporate identity systems requiring neutrality. TypeSmith indexes Ocr B in a single weight variant and 4 curated font pairings.

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4 curated pairings for Ocr B
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Accessibility & Usability

80
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Ocr B Accessibility Profile

Ocr B achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

How Legible is Ocr B?

Ocr B draws legibility from its no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Ocr B in Context: Readability

Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category. Geometric and neo-grotesque designs excel in short-form UI text but require careful sizing for sustained reading. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Eye Strain Considerations for Ocr B

Ocr B provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

Ocr B Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Ocr B. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test Ocr B at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

Working with Ocr B: Best Practices

Pair with Garalde or Transitional serifs for classic contrast. A humanist sans body with a geometric sans display creates intra-category tension without conflict. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Ocr B. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Ocr B in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

Download Weights & Variants

Available Weights

400
Regular
Local
400
Regular Italic
Local
700
Bold
Local
700
Bold Italic
Local

Weight Reference

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900

Internationalization

Ocr B Multilingual Support

Extended Latin Coverage
Supports 100+ languages with Latin script

Western European

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Dutch

Nordic

  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic

Central European

  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Slovak

Baltic

  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian

This font encodes 339 glyphs covering Latin. Latin coverage extends past the basic ASCII set into Latin Extended, so Central and Eastern European languages set correctly. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

Font License Details

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1
Free for personal and commercial use
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What you can do

  • Personal projects
  • Commercial projects
  • Web embedding
  • App embedding
  • Modification
  • Redistribution

Restrictions

  • Selling as standalone

Modified versions must use a different name and be distributed under the same OFL license.

Ocr B is available under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), Version 1.1. This license is a free, libre, and open source license specifically designed for fonts and related software. The OFL allows the fonts to be used, studied, modified, and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. This makes Ocr B ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.