> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.abbyy.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Text Types > Text types recognized by ABBYY FineReader Engine 12 — common typographic, typewriter, MICR, OCR-A, OCR-B, Index, Receipt, Gothic, and handwritten text. ABBYY FineReader Engine 12 recognizes the following types of text: * Common typographic text * Text typed on a typewriter. It may look as follows: page_frag_typewrite * Text printed on a dot-matrix printer. It may look as follows: page_frag_matrix * Special set of characters including only digits written in ZIP-code style. They look as follows: Index_LetterSet * Handwritten or handprinted text. It may look as follows:
Handwritten Handprint * Text in monospaced font designed specifically for Optical Character Recognition. It is largely used by banks, credit card companies and similar businesses. It may look as follows: OCR-A * Text printed in a font designed specifically for Optical Character Recognition. It may look as follows: OCR-B * Special set of characters including only digits and A, B, C, D characters printed in magnetic ink. MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) characters are found in a variety of places, including personal checks. However, they can only be recognized for the Latin languages and may look as follows: MICR-E13B * Special set of characters, which includes only digits and A, B, C, D, E characters, written in MICR barcode font (CMC-7). MICR characters can only be recognized for the Latin languages and may look as follows: cmc7 * Text printed in Gothic type. It may look as follows: Fraktur * Text of a receipt. This type of text is designed for recognizing sales receipts, invoices, etc. Unlike the other types, it is not concerned with the actual font of the text. Rather, it tells the recognizer that there may be text of low quality, mostly in monospaced or normal font. The typical receipt text can look like this: receipt_text ## See also [IRecognizerParams::TextTypes](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/parameter-objects/preprocessing-analysis-recognition-and-synthesis-parameters/recognizerparams#texttypes) [TextTypeEnum](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/enumerations/texttypeenum)