1. Write one character per square on the manuscript paper.
2. When starting the text and when a new paragraph begins, leave the first square of the line empty and start writing from the second square.
3. Within the same paragraph, do not leave the first square empty except at the beginning. If there is no space left at the end of a line, do not insert a space; continue from the first square of the next line. (This applies regardless of whether a V mark is shown or not.)
4. Arabic numerals are written two digits per square.
5. Punctuation marks are generally written one per square. However, a dash (―) and an ellipsis (……) occupy two squares.
6. After a question mark (?) or exclamation mark (!), leave one square empty. However, after a period (.), comma (,), or colon (:), leaving a space is optional.
7. If the last square of a line already contains a character and there is no square left for punctuation, place the punctuation mark in the same final square as the character.

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