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Character Width
This chart shows character widths in magnifications 1-7 for
each text font in 1/100 inches, 1/10 millimeters, and Dots. The
values in this chart include default character spacing.
NOTE: OCRA-like 1x character width is
English 8.32
Metric 29.10
Dots 22
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
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