Paxar 9401 manual Width Mag Standard Reduced Bold

2. Designing a Format

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.

	Width Mag.	Standard	Reduced		Bold
	Units	Character	Character	Character
		Width Sample	Width Sample	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		Designinga
	1/10 mm	59.53	29.10	99.22
	1/10 mm	41.01	19.84	67.47
	Dots	31	15	51
3x	1/100 in.	23.44	11.46	39.06		Format
	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

The OCRA-like 1x character width is 8.32 (English), 29.10 (Metric), and 22 (Dots).

NOTE: This table includes default character spacing.

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