var fDesc=new Array(); fDesc[0] = "MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) strips are used by banking industry
to automate check processing. It was invented around 1950s. The characters can
be recognized in two ways: magnetic recognition and optical recognition. Through
the special character design, each character generates unique signal to the MICR
reader, making the reading very fast and accurate. To satisfy printing
requirements, magnetic ink has to be employed to print checks. Morovia MICR CMC-7 font follows the most recent ISO standard 1004 1995(E)
when printed at point size 12. Each character can have four different sizes, as
defined in the standard. The character set consists of ten numeric characters,
five special symbols and 26 alpha characters (A-Z). The standard is used by many
countries, including France, Mexico, Spain, Brazil and Japan, see this
article for a complete list."; function tShowHide(id, show) { var s = document.getElementById("desc"); if ((s.innerHTML.length<=212 || show==1) && show!=2) { s.innerHTML = fDesc[id]; if (document.getElementById('m1')) document.getElementById('m1').style.display='none'; if (document.getElementById('m2')) document.getElementById('m2').style.display='none'; if (document.getElementById('more_txt')) document.getElementById('more_txt').style.display='inline'; } else { s.innerHTML = ''; } }