License plates quickly identify motor vehicles and vehicle registrant information and are most effective when they are designed to optimize legibility to the human eye as well as for license plate readers (LPRs). License plates serve one common purpose: to identify motor vehicles. The ability of motor vehicle agency (MVA) employees, law enforcement, and citizens to easily identify license plate numbers (consisting of alpha and/or numeric characters) is fundamental to accurate vehicle registration data creation, maintenance, retrieval, and vehicle identification...The License Plate Standard, Edition 3, Including Best Practices for Managing Vanity and Specialty License Plate Programs and Temporary License Plate Program Administration was developed to support a jurisdiction’s ability to produce license plates that enhance accurate license plate identification while not limiting a jurisdiction’s flexibility for innovation and allowing for multiple license plate designs. The standard is designed for full-size license plates issued by jurisdictions; portions of it may not apply to smaller license plates typically issued to motorcycles and other similar vehicles. Read more here.