[reportlab-users] How to create special micr control character in Reportlab

[Tim Roberts]

Mike Driscoll wrote:

>

> I am trying to create a MICR line for a check in Reportlab. I am able

> to register my MICR font (MICRCheckPrixa) with Reportlab, but can't

> quite get it to show the MICR control characters. I am porting

> existing code from XSL to Python.

>

> The XSL line in question looks like this:

>

> &#160;&#59;<xsl:value-of

> select="substring(concat('000',$accountchecknumber),

> string-length($accountchecknumber))"/>&#59;&#160;&#58;<xsl:value-of

> select="$micr2"/>&#58;&#160;<xsl:value-of select="$micr1"/>&#59;

>

> I translated to the following Python code:

>

> micr = '<font name="MICRCheckPrixa"

> size=14>&#160;&#59;%s&#59;&#160;&#58;%s&#58;&#160;%s&#59;</font>'


You shouldn't need that much magic.  The |: symbol in that font is the
glyph for a perfectly normal colon.  The ||O symbol is a glyph for the
normal semi-colon.  So, to duplicate the exact account number in that
Wikipedia sample, you should just be able to use this:
    :011234567:  001234567;  243

The &#160 in there is the Unicode non-breaking space.  That's only
needed for XML.  You should just be able to use normal spaces.

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Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.