4. Pencil Techniques
The best pencil for
lettering on most
surfaces are the H,
F, and HB grades.
Hold your pencil in
the position shown.
It should make
approximately a 60o
angle with the
paper.
5. Pencil Techniques
The best pencil for
lettering on most
surfaces are the H,
F, and HB grades.
Hold your pencil in
the position shown.
It should make
approximately a 60o
angle with the
paper.
7. Freehand Lettering
Developing good lettering is
a personal skill which takes
practice. Letters must be
formed properly.
They must be open shaped
very legible.
Clear communication is
essential to avoid mistakes
and reduce waste.
Lettering may be done using
a drafting type pencil, lead
holder or technical pen.
Which ever tool is used, the
letters must properly formed
and very black
8. Freehand Lettering
Pull the pencil or pen across
the paper. All lettering
strokes should be a pulling
motion.
Right-handed and left-
handed drafters may have to
develop different styles for
forming letters.
Press down hard when using
a pencil.
10. Straight Line letters
Most letters are slightly narrower than they are
tall. The shapes of the letters are as open as
possible. Letters with small loops and crossing
strokes are avoided
11. Straight Line letters
This sequence is recommended to assure that
each letter is the correct width in relation in
height. For example, form the two vertical sides
of the “H”, “N” and “M” first. Form the top of the
“T” first.
12. Straight Line letters
The “H” and “N” are slightly narrower than they
are tall.
The “T” and the “M” are just as wide as they
are tall
Note: Proportion: width vs. height is very
important in forming letters.
13. Lettering
The style of engineering lettering we will
use in this course is Single Stroke
Gothic Lettering
Notice that only capital letters are
demonstrated, since we will use only
capital letters on drawings
27. 27
22 and ¾ Inches
14 and
¼
Inches
7 Inches
5 and ½
Inches
White Cartolina (glossy)
7 Inches 2 Inches
5/8 Inch
28. 28
22 and ¾ Inches
9/16
Inches
5 and ½
Inches
White Cartolina (glossy)
7 Inches
2 Inches
Editor's Notes
Architects and engineers have their own kind of lettering.
Students in these fields learn to letter by hand, even though they will be doing much of their work on the computer, because design sketches are always done in pencil, as are many other types of sketches such as preliminary drafts, and design ideas.
Overview:
Lettering must be neat and readable – Should use all capital letters
Tools
Traditional hand sketching
Computer Aided Drawing (a large industry producing computer packages they may have heard of in AutoCad, ProEngineer, SolidWorks)
Media (how we record)
Paper – helpful to know about Standard Sizes (Table 1) and Title Blocks
Alphabet of lines - examples of line types.
Freehand lettering is used in many types of technical work.
Conventional drawing must have notes, instructions, materials, and descriptions clearly shown
Memos must be readable
Letter shapes are designed by standards such as the ANSI (American National Standards Institute
Or ASME -
This avoids catching and tearing the paper
Examples of form and proportions are shown.
Letters must be open and clear as possible for readability.
Steps for forming a letters
Steps for forming a letters
Tell the students that this guide to good lettering is on the website.
Tell them that they should use all caps for notes on drawings and the letters should be ~1/8 inch or 3 mm high.
The reason for using all caps is that someone could reduce the size of their original drawing on the copy machine.
The capital letters can be reduce by 50% and still be readable.
We expect good quality lettering and the lettering to be done in vertical gothic font.
Tell the students that this guide to good lettering is on the website.
Tell them that they should use all caps for notes on drawings and the letters should be ~1/8 inch or 3 mm high.
The reason for using all caps is that someone could reduce the size of their original drawing on the copy machine.
The capital letters can be reduce by 50% and still be readable.
We expect good quality lettering and the lettering to be done in vertical gothic font.
Tell the students that this guide to good lettering is on the website.
Tell them that they should use all caps for notes on drawings and the letters should be ~1/8 inch or 3 mm high.
The reason for using all caps is that someone could reduce the size of their original drawing on the copy machine.
The capital letters can be reduce by 50% and still be readable.
We expect good quality lettering and the lettering to be done in vertical gothic font.
Tell the students that this guide to good lettering is on the website.
Tell them that they should use all caps for notes on drawings and the letters should be ~1/8 inch or 3 mm high.
The reason for using all caps is that someone could reduce the size of their original drawing on the copy machine.
The capital letters can be reduce by 50% and still be readable.
We expect good quality lettering and the lettering to be done in vertical gothic font.
Tell the students that this guide to good lettering is on the website.
Tell them that they should use all caps for notes on drawings and the letters should be ~1/8 inch or 3 mm high.
The reason for using all caps is that someone could reduce the size of their original drawing on the copy machine.
The capital letters can be reduce by 50% and still be readable.
We expect good quality lettering and the lettering to be done in vertical gothic font.
Tell the students that this guide to good lettering is on the website.
Tell them that they should use all caps for notes on drawings and the letters should be ~1/8 inch or 3 mm high.
The reason for using all caps is that someone could reduce the size of their original drawing on the copy machine.
The capital letters can be reduce by 50% and still be readable.
We expect good quality lettering and the lettering to be done in vertical gothic font.
Tell the students that this guide to good lettering is on the website.
Tell them that they should use all caps for notes on drawings and the letters should be ~1/8 inch or 3 mm high.
The reason for using all caps is that someone could reduce the size of their original drawing on the copy machine.
The capital letters can be reduce by 50% and still be readable.
We expect good quality lettering and the lettering to be done in vertical gothic font.
Tell the students that this guide to good lettering is on the website.
Tell them that they should use all caps for notes on drawings and the letters should be ~1/8 inch or 3 mm high.
The reason for using all caps is that someone could reduce the size of their original drawing on the copy machine.
The capital letters can be reduce by 50% and still be readable.
We expect good quality lettering and the lettering to be done in vertical gothic font.
