Secure document with self-authenticating, encryptable font

A document comprising:

• a surface configured to receive printed indicia thereon;
• at least one transaction field defined on said surface;
• and
• transactional data disposed on said transaction field, said transactional data formed from a security font, said transactional data comprising:
• a background comprising a pattern;
• and
• a plurality of human-readable characters adjacent to and disposed substantially within said background, each of said human-readable characters defined by a font contour and comprising:
• a character boundary disposed about a substantial entirety of the peripheral shape of said human-readable character;
• and
• a fill pattern comprising a repeating series of substantially parallel lines the thickness of which varies in an oscillatory way such that any given line is thicker or thinner than its immediately adjacent neighbor, said fill pattern configured to be disposed within said character boundary.

A secure document comprising:

• a surface configured to receive printed indicia thereon;
• a plurality of discrete transaction fields defined on said surface;
• and
• transactional data disposed on said transaction field, said transactional data formed from an encryptable font, said transactional data comprising:
• a background comprising a pattern;
• a plurality of human-readable characters adjacent to and disposed substantially within said background, each of said human-readable characters defined by a font contour and comprising:
• a character boundary disposed about a substantial entirety of the peripheral shape of said human-readable character;
• and
• a fill pattern comprising a repeating series of spaced marks, said fill pattern configured to be disposed within said character boundary;
• and
• a plurality of security characters adjacent to and at least partially surrounding said human-readable characters, wherein said plurality of security characters define at least one encryptable data element to provide indicia of potential security features incorporated into said secure document.

An encryption-enhanced document comprising:

• a surface configured to receive printed indicia thereon;
• a plurality of discrete transaction fields disposed on said surface;
• and
• transactional data formed from an encryptable font, said transactional data printed within at least one of said plurality of transaction fields, said transactional data comprising:
• a plurality of human-readable characters defined by a fill pattern disposed therein, said fill pattern in turn defined by a repeating series of spaced lines;
• a plurality intercharacter lines arranged in a spaced, parallel pattern, each of said plurality of intercharacter lines extending across the entire lateral dimension of each of said plurality of hum an-readable characters, at least one of said plurality of intercharacter lines intersecting at least a portion of said fill pattern of at least one of said plurality of human-readable characters;
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• a plurality of security characters adjacent to and at least partially surrounding said human-readable characters, wherein said plurality of security characters includes at least one encryptable data element to provide indicia of potential security features incorporated into said security document.

A method of printing a document, said method comprising the steps of:

• designating a plurality of transaction fields on a surface of a document;
• introducing said document into a document printing device;
• receiving a print command into said document printing device;
• routing said print command to a font library to retrieve encryptable fonts for printing, wherein each of said plurality of encryptable fonts is configured to produce printed transactional data onto said document, said plurality of encryptable fonts including electronic descriptions comprising:
• a background comprising a pattern;
• a plurality of human-readable characters configured to be printed, each of said plurality of human-readable characters comprising:
• a fill pattern disposed therein;
• and
• a character boundary disposed about a substantial entirety of the peripheral shape of said human-readable character;
• and
• a plurality of security characters configured to be printed adjacent to and at least partially surrounding said plurality of human-readable characters, wherein said plurality of security characters include at least one encryptable data element that can be used to provide machine-readable indicia of security features incorporated into said encryptable font;
• printing human-intelligible transactional data corresponding to said plurality of human-readable characters in at least one of said plurality of transaction fields;
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• printing machine-readable transactional data corresponding to said at least one encryptable data element, said printing machine-readable transactional data disposed adjacent said human-intelligible transactional data.