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Measured research from real receipts, and practical guides to the situations people actually want to know.

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What fonts are on receipts? We measured 632

Receipts all look alike. We measured 632 redrawn from real documents: 24 typeface families, 176 combinations — and the most-used face isn't one you read.

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A large pixelated numeral 632 set beside three real store receipts fanned across cream paper, labelled as a type specimen.

November 2026

  1. An airline e-ticket receipt on a dark grid with its ticket number ringed in green, beside the three things that decide where a copy comes from: a 13 to 24 month online window, bags and seats on a receipt of their own, and agency bookings sent back to the seller.

    Lost receipts

    How to get a copy of your airline receipt

    Need a copy of an airline receipt? Where American, Delta, Southwest, JetBlue and four more keep it, how far back it goes, and who issues an Expedia one.

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October 2026

  1. A hotel folio receipt on a dark grid with its separate lines for room, room tax, parking and breakfast ringed in green, beside the three places a copy can come from: your hotel account, the hotel itself and the booking site you paid.

    Lost receipts

    How to get a copy of your hotel receipt or folio

    Need a copy of a hotel receipt or folio? Where Hilton, Marriott, IHG, Hyatt and three more keep it, and who issues it if you booked on Expedia.

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  2. An empty dashed outline where a receipt should be, on a dark grid, beside a table of five kinds of expense showing which can be estimated without it: business costs yes, and travel, gifts, car and charity no.

    Lost receipts

    Lost receipts for taxes: what the IRS accepts

    Lost receipts for taxes? The IRS lets you prove most expenses with other evidence. What counts, where estimates are barred, and the one thing not to do.

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  3. A rental car receipt on a dark grid with its rental agreement number ringed in green, beside the three things that decide whether you can still fetch a copy: a wait of up to seven days, a last name and one number, and six months online.

    Lost receipts

    How to get a copy of your rental car receipt

    Need a copy of a rental car receipt or invoice? What Enterprise, Hertz, Avis, Budget, Dollar and four more ask for, and how long each keeps it online.

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  4. An empty dashed outline where a receipt should be, on a dark grid, beside the three things a returns desk asks for in its place: the card you paid with, a photo ID and a store credit card.

    Lost receipts

    Can you return something without a receipt?

    Can you return something without a receipt? Usually yes, with photo ID and for store credit. What Walmart, Target, Costco and five more say in their policies.

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September 2026

  1. Six receipt-paper price tags standing in a row on a dark grid, five printed with a yearly figure and the first replaced by an empty dashed outline holding a question mark.

    Comparisons

    6 best ExpressExpense alternatives in 2026

    ExpressExpense publishes no prices. Six alternatives that do, compared on catalogue size, exports and watermarks — Repceipt leads with 632 layouts at $108/yr.

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  2. Two fanned stacks of receipt paper on a dark grid, a deep stack of 632 layouts on the left against a stack of three on the right, each labelled with its count.

    Comparisons

    MakeReceipt vs Repceipt: 60+ or 632 layouts?

    Repceipt has ten times the catalogue and costs less than MakeReceipt PRO. MakeReceipt has QuickBooks and an API. Twelve features compared, every figure dated.

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  3. A dark grid split in two, receipt thumbnails grouped into labelled store-type boxes on the left and listed one per row as named chains on the right.

    Comparisons

    6 best ReceiptFaker alternatives in 2026

    ReceiptFaker holds 100+ brand-named templates. Six alternatives compared on catalogue, exports, watermarks and price — Repceipt carries 632, also brand-named.

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August 2026

  1. Seven strips of receipt paper standing in a row on a dark grid, each printed with a column of comparison marks — the first headed Repceipt, printed with the Repceipt logo and ringed in green, the six behind it numbered and thinning out towards blank paper.

    Comparisons

    7 best receipt generators in 2026, compared

    Seven receipt generators compared on catalogue size, exports, watermarks and editing — every figure read from each vendor's own pages on one day, and dated.

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  2. Two receipts side by side on a dark grid, each headed by its tool name: Repceipt on the left printed with its logo and one block selected on drag handles, MakeMyReceipt on the right with a blank logo plate and its blocks placed freely, both ringed by dashed drag outlines.

    Comparisons

    MakeMyReceipt vs Repceipt: which one fits?

    Same price, and both drag blocks on a canvas. Repceipt has 632 drawn layouts, a deeper editor and thermal export; MakeMyReceipt has JPEG and a weekly plan.

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  3. A department store receipt dissolving into a grid of dots towards the bottom of the page, where the text has been replaced by the words "no record".

    Lost receipts

    What to do when you lose a receipt

    Lost a receipt you needed? The order to work through: ask the merchant, check whether you need one at all, use your statement, then file a declaration.

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  4. A store receipt on a technical drawing grid, annotated with its 80mm paper width and callouts marking the brand zone, the weighted total and the payment block.

    Research

    How receipts are actually designed

    Most receipt design advice comes from printer makers. Here is what the layout of 632 real receipts shows: block order, widths, barcodes, thermal limits.

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  5. A store receipt beside a four-line expense claim summary, in which one line is flagged as having a missing receipt.

    Lost receipts

    Lost receipt for an expense claim: what to do

    You lost a receipt and the claim is due. What finance teams accept — merchant duplicates, thresholds, statements, declarations — and the one thing not to do.

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  6. The same thermal receipt shown five times across a timeline from year one to year seven, fading at each step until the final copy is blank paper.

    Record keeping

    How long should you keep receipts?

    Tax records, warranties, returns and insurance run on different clocks. How long to keep each, what to digitise, and why thermal paper fades first.

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