engineering lettering

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Transcript of engineering lettering

It gives pertinent information necessary to depict the object that is under construction, which the drawing or the graphical representation fails to show.

Letters in the drawing are not just written, it requires several styles of different strokes, letters must be at all times uniform in width and in height.

ENGINEERING lettering

Single Stroke Gothic1

STYLES OF LETTERS

Roman Letters2Italic Letters3Text Letters4

- It is accented letters consisting of heavy and light or thick and thin lines

- Series of single stroke

Single Stroke Gothic

1 Roman Letters2

Italic Letters3

STYLES OF LETTERS

- It is slanting letters

-All styles of Old English, Bradley text, German text and other artistic text.(e.g. diplomas, contracts, certificates)

Text Letters4

Single Stroke Gothic1

Roman Letters2

Italic Letters3

Text Letters4

Drawn WrittenThe letters are first outlines and then filled up with colors with the use of brushes or sprays for more emphasis.

(e.g. logos, banners)

It is written either vertical upper case or vertical lower case or inclined upper case or inclined lower case

Drawn

Written

GENERAL PROPORTION OF

LETTERS

TOMQVAXY 6 X 6

W - 8 X 6