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MICR E-13B

The Magnetic Ink Character Recognition font standardised by the American Bankers Association and adopted by the RBI for CTS-2010; uses iron-oxide magnetic ink to print routing, account, and serial data at the base of a cheque, machine-readable by bank clearing systems.

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