The typewriter carriage mechanically advances the same distance, left to right, with each keystroke.
The mechanical typewriter does not know what letter or number you will type next.
The typewriter gives each letter/number the same linear space.
Imagine vertical plumb lines dropping from the sides of each letter. The space between the lines is always the same.
When you line up the letters “a”, you expect the sixth letter to the right, and the eighth letter to the left, to be directly below a letter from the comparative sentence above!
Seems to me a clerk typed one line on the pre-printed form, inserted the form into a second typewriter, lined everything up, and proceeded to type a second line, then repeating and moving to a third typewriter for the third line, etc.
A clerk ought to use one typewriter to fill out the form
There are hundreds of issues with the creation of what was posted on WH.gov and most were known within hours of it’s appearance. The post on the previous page does not say anything to me and probably more who look at it without an explanation.