COMPOSITION IN LETTERING

LESSON 5

KEY TERMS1. AESTHETICS- the appreciation

of what is beautiful.

2. ELEMENT –a smaller quantity of a component.

3. JUSTIFIED – an alignment style where all lines are equal in length.

4. SPACE-CARRIER – a letter that leaves much unused space.

COMPOSITION Composition in lettering is slightly synonymous with composition in English class. In Drafting, composition refers to the proper use of the different elements necessary to achieved a good and aesthetically performed lettering.

The elements of good composition includes: lay-out, space, proportion and style of letter. These elements should be arranged in such a way that the finished lettering job is visually pleasing.

LAY-OUT is a plan on how you are going to arrange the letters in a given space. You will consider the position of the paper, font style, size of the word & the alignment to apply in the lay-out.

LAY-OUT

TYPES OF ALIGNING LAY-OUT _________________ ______________________ _______ ___________ __________________

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Flushed left Centered

_________________ ___________________ _________________ _________________________________________ ______________________

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_________________ ______________________Flush right Justified

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_______________________________ _______________________________

_____________________________Diagonal

Space refers to the blank area allotted for lettering. There should be a proper spacing of letters and words in a lay-out for them to appear balanced and not overcrowded on the paper.

Two methods of spacing: 1. MECHANICAL SPACING- is when every

letter space is measuredwithout considering the shape of the adjacent letter.

2. OPTICAL SPACING – which produces a better lay-out, is done in accordance with the shape of the letter next to another.

SPACE

SIX BASIC RULES IN SPACING: 1. Straight-sided letters should be placed

closely if they are arranged one after the other. 2. Curved-sided letters should be placed very

closed to one another. 3. If a straight-sided letters and a curved letter

is placed next after each other, they should be space closer.

4. A space-carrier letter( A,V,L or T) should be placed to overlap the space alloted for another space-carrier and/or after it to compensate for the blank space.

5. Space between words should be enough for an imaginary “()” to fit in.

6. Spaces between two sentences should be equal to the space for two imaginary “()’s.

HUM Sraitgh-sided SOON Curved-sided

ORCHID Combination

LTD Space-carrier

BE GOOD ALWAYS Space between words

Proportion refers to the size of the letters to be used in relation to the space that they will occupy. There are three proportions of letters namely: compressed, extended and normal.

PROPORTION

1. COMPRESSED –the type of proportion that is used when the space is narrow. The height of letters is greater than normal and width is lesser.

2.

- The type that is applied when the space is too wide. The height of the letters is less than but the width is greater.

3. NORMAL -the type of proportion that follows

the six-by-six grid proportion for letters. The height and width are normal.

EXTENDED

Style – refers to the type of letters to be used that could either ne Gothic, Roman, Text or Script or a combination of two or more.

Gothic ROMANTEXT SCRIPTALGERIANCOURIER New

STYLE

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1. Refers to the size of the letters to be used in relation to the space that they will occupy. There are three proportions of letters namely: compressed, extended and normal.

2.Refers to the type of letters to be used that could either ne Gothic, Roman, Text or Script or a combination of two or more.

3. Is a plan on how you are going to arrange the letters in a given space.

4. Refers to the blank area allotted for lettering.

5.Refers to the proper use of the different elements necessary to achieved a good and aesthetically performed lettering.

ASSIGNMENT

1. Define Guidelines. 2. Identify the different kinds of guidelines. 3.Identify the parts of the letter (drafting). 4. What are the char.of good lettering? 5. How is the correct construction and proper

strokes of UPPERCASE and LOWERCASE letters?

References: Any Drafting books and notebooks.