Start with the use of tabs - the \t character modifier. It will advance to a fixed location (columns, terminal lingo).
However, it doesn't help if there are differences of more than the column width (4 characters, if I recall correctly).
To fix that, write your "OK/NOK" stuff using a fixed number of tabs (5? 6?, try it). Then return (\r) without new-lining, and write your message.