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8. Determine the maximum width of the field.
a. Find your selected font and the desired width below.
b. Multiply the number in box T3 by the character width
below. The result is the width of the field.
c. Draw two lines on the Layout Grid to show the right
and left sides of the field.
The OCRA-like 1x character width is 8.32 (English), 29.10
(Metric), and 22 (Dots).
NOTE: This table includes default character spacing.
Width Mag. Standard Reduced Bold
Units
Character
Width Sample
Character
Width Sample
Character
Width Sample
1x 1/100 in. 8.85 4.17 14.06
1/10 mm 22.49 10.58 33.72
Dots 17 8 27
2x 1/100 in. 16.15 7.81 26.56
1/10 mm 41.01 19.84 67.47
Dots 31 15 51
3x 1/100 in. 23.44 11.46 39.06
1/10 mm 59.53 29.10 99.22
Dots 45 22 75
4x 1/100 in. 30.73 15.10 55.56
1/10 mm 78.05 38.36 130.97
Dots 59 29 99
5x 1/100 in. 38.02 18.75 64.06
1/10 mm 96.57 47.63 162.72
Dots 73 36 123
6x 1/100 in. 45.31 22.40 76.56
1/10 mm 115.09 56.89 194.47
Dots 87 43 147
7x 1/100 in. 52.60 26.04 89.06
1/10 mm 133.61 66.15 226.22
Dots 101 50 171
Designing a Format
2. Designing a Format
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