The international community has decided to make this standard available only in
the English language version. It has been adopted as a National Standard of
Canada on this basis. This National Standard of Canada is equivalent to International Standard
ISO/IEC 7811-3:1995. 1 Scope This part of ISO/IEC 7811 specifies the location of embossed characters on
identification cards of ID-1 size, the dimensions of which are specified in
ISO/IEC 7810. The embossed characters are intended for transfer of data either
by use of imprinters or by visual or machine reading. ISO/IEC 10373 specifies the test procedures used to check cards against the
parameters specified in this part of ISO/IEC 7811. This part of ISO/IEC 7811 specifies the requirements for cards used for
identification. It takes into consideration both human and machine aspects and
states minimum requirements. NOTE - Numeric values in the SI and/or Imperial measurement system in this part
of ISO/IEC 7811 may have been rounded off and therefore are consistent with,
but not exactly equal to, each other. Either system may be used, but the two
should not be intermixed or reconverted. The original design was made using
the Imperial measurement system.