MY FAV FONT
OCR-A Extended was developed as one of the first standardized fonts specifically designed for Optical Character Recognition (OCR) machines. Some key features include:

It was created by American Type Founders (ATF) and standardized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Each character has a distinct shape to minimize confusion between similar letters (like 0 and O)
It's monospaced, meaning each character takes up the same amount of horizontal space
The font is still used today on credit cards, checks, and other machine-readable documents
It has a distinctive retro-tech aesthetic that makes it popular in designs wanting to evoke computers, automation, or a technological feel