7. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the type of each character further comprises: determining whether each character in the output file is a numeric -type used to denote currency and/or a number of items and a non-numeric type used to denote all else.
1. A method for setting font pitch during a print process, the method comprising: using a computer which is programmed to perform the following: displaying on a graphical user interface a target template for receiving information being parsed from a spool file generated in response to a print command being issued by an application, wherein in the target template is an image of a consumable business form with a plurality of target zones for printing at least a portion of the information from the spool file thereon; graphically indicating on the graphical user interface at least one of the plurality of target zones in the target template for receiving the portion of the information from the spool file thereinto; generating an output file based on the spool file that has been generated, the output file comprising a set of information extracted from the spool file based on a set of source zones within the spool file as defined by a source template, the set of information comprises a set of characters; modifying the set of information within the output file to conform to the target template by including the plurality of target zones within the output file to form an image to print onto a consumable business form; determining whether each character in the set of characters in the output file is a numeric type or non-numeric type; setting, in the output file within the plurality of target zones in to print onto the consumable business form, a font pitch of each character based on the plurality of target zones to: a fixed pitch font in response to the character being the numeric type, thereby aligning the characters within at least one column of the output file; or a variable pitch font in response to the character being the non-numeric type; and sending the output file to an output destination.