The document provides guidelines for pencil lettering on technical drawings. It emphasizes that lettering is important and can improve or detract from a drawing. It recommends using a soft, sharp pencil and consistent style, height, thickness and spacing for letters. Specific tips include forming certain letters from specific parts first, keeping letters close but not touching, and varying letter weight based on the drawing scale and importance. Proper lettering technique and ergonomics are also covered.
The document provides guidelines for pencil lettering on technical drawings. It emphasizes that lettering is important and can improve or detract from a drawing. It recommends using a soft, sharp pencil and consistent style, height, thickness and spacing for letters. Specific tips include forming certain letters from specific parts first, keeping letters close but not touching, and varying letter weight based on the drawing scale and importance. Proper lettering technique and ergonomics are also covered.
The document provides guidelines for pencil lettering on technical drawings. It emphasizes that lettering is important and can improve or detract from a drawing. It recommends using a soft, sharp pencil and consistent style, height, thickness and spacing for letters. Specific tips include forming certain letters from specific parts first, keeping letters close but not touching, and varying letter weight based on the drawing scale and importance. Proper lettering technique and ergonomics are also covered.
The document provides guidelines for pencil lettering on technical drawings. It emphasizes that lettering is important and can improve or detract from a drawing. It recommends using a soft, sharp pencil and consistent style, height, thickness and spacing for letters. Specific tips include forming certain letters from specific parts first, keeping letters close but not touching, and varying letter weight based on the drawing scale and importance. Proper lettering technique and ergonomics are also covered.
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A A A A A EMPHASIZED, THE LETTERING PRESS DOWN HARD WHEN
CAN MAKE OR BREAK AN USING A PENCIL.
B B B B B OTHERWISE GOOD DRAWING. TO ASSURE THAT EACH LETTER C C C C C PENCIL LETTERING SHOULD BE IS IN THE CORRECT WIDTH IN D D D D D DONE WITH A FAIRLY SOFT RELATION WITH THE HEIGHT, SHARP PENCIL AND SHOULD BE FORM 2 VERTICAL SIDES OF THE E E E E E CLEAN-CUT AND DARK, LETTERS “H”, “N” AND “M” F F F F F ACCENT THE ENDS OF THE FIRST. FORM THE TOP OF THE STROKES. LETTER “T” FIRST. G G G G G AVOID LETTERS NOT UNIFORM THE WEIGHT OF THE LINES FOR H H H H H IN STYLE, HEIGHT, THICKNESS LETTERING VARIES WITH THE OF STROKE AND IN AREAS SIZE AND SCALE OF THE I I I I I BETWEEN THE LETTERS. DRAWING AND THE VISUAL J J J J J IMPORTANCE OF THE A NEAT AND LEGIBLE LETTERING. K K K K K HANDWRITING IS EASY TO READ AND IT SHOW RANDOM NOTES ON THE L L L L L CONSISTENCY. DRAWING AND INFORMATION M M M M M FROM LEADER LINES AND KEEP THE LETTERS CLOSE TO DIMENSION LINES MAY BE A N N N N N EACH OTHER BUT MAKE SURE LIGHTWEIGHT LINE TO MATCH THEIR PARTS DON’T TOUCH. THE LINE STYLE. TEXT WITHIN O O O O O THE DISTANCE BETWEEN A TITLE BLOCK MAY BE P P P P P WORDS SHOUD BE AS WIDE AS MEDIUM TO BOLD DEPENDING LETTER “N”. UPON ITS IMPORTANCE. Q Q Q Q Q STICK TO ONE TYPE OF LETTER LETTERING USED TO LABEL A R R R R R DRAWING SUCH AS FLOOR SLANT. S S S S S PLAN OR SOUTH ELEVATION, IF YOUR LETTERS ARE TILTED MAY NEED TO BE MEDIUM OR T T T T T TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT BOLD AS WELL. MAKE SURE YOU DON’T U U U U U OVERDO THE SLANTING AS IT WITHIN THE RANGE OF LIGHT, V V V V V WILL BE DIFFICULT TO READ. MEDIUM, AND BOLD LINE ONLY USE LETTER SLANTS IN WIGHTS, YOU MAY ALSO VARY W W W W W NOTES AND UTILIZE UPRIGHT THE WEIGHTS SLIGHTLY AS LETTER POSITION IN NEEDED TO EMPHASIZE A PART X X X X X TECHNICAL LETTERINGS. OF THE DRAWING. Y Y Y Y Y VERTICAL CAPITAL LETTERS TYPICAL LETTING HEIGHTS Z Z Z Z Z ARE PREFERRED FOR MOST ARE; 3/16”-1/4” OR 0.48-0.64CM TECHNICAL WORK. THEY ARE FOR MAIN TITLES UNDER 0 0 0 0 0 DRAWING; 1/8”-3/16” OR 0.32- FORMED WITHIN A 6 BY 6 GRID. 1 1 1 1 1 0.48CM FOR SUBTITLES AND THE PLACEMENT OF LETTERS ROOM NAMES; 1/8” OR 0.32 CM 2 2 2 2 2 SHOULD BE PARALLEL WITH FOR NOTES AND DIMENSIONS; THE HORIZONTAL GUIDELINES. AND ½” OR 1.27CM FOR SHEET 3 3 3 3 3 WHEN WRITING IN SMALL FONT NUMBER IN THE TITLE BLOCK. 4 4 4 4 4 SIZE HOLD THE PEN NEAR ITS 5 5 5 5 5 WRITING TIP FOR BETTER CONTROL WITH THE STROKES 6 6 6 6 6 WHILE WRITING IN FINGER MOVEMENT. 7 7 7 7 7 USE WRIST MOVEMENT WHEN 8 8 8 8 8 WRITING LARGER FONT SIZES 9 9 9 9 9 WHILE HOLDING THE PEN A LITTLE FARTHER THAN THE TIP. THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG. ALL LETTERING STROKES SHOULD BE A PULLING THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD MOTION. LETTERING CANNOT BE OVER- THE QUICK BROWN STICK TO ONE TYPE FOX JUMPS OVER THE OF LETTER SLANT. LAZY DOG. IF YOUR LETTERS THE IMPORTANCE OF ARE TILTED TO THE A A A A A GOOD LETTERING LEFT OR TO THE B B B B B CANNOT BE OVER- RIGHT MAKE SURE EMPHASIZED, THE YOU DON’T OVERDO C C C C C LETTERING CAN THE SLANTING AS IT D D D D D MAKE OR BREAK AN WILL BE DIFFICULT OTHERWISE GOOD TO READ. ONLY USE E E E E E DRAWING. LETTER SLANTS IN F F F F F NOTES AND UTILIZE PENCIL LETTERING G G G G G UPRIGHT LETTER SHOULD BE DONE POSITION IN H H H H H WITH A FAIRLY SOFT TECHNICAL SHARP PENCIL AND I I I I I LETTERINGS. SHOULD BE CLEAN- J J J J J CUT AND DARK, VERTICAL CAPITAL ACCENT THE ENDS OF LETTERS ARE K K K K K THE STROKES. PREFERRED FOR L L L L L AVOID LETTERS NOT MOST TECHNICAL M M M M M WORK. THEY ARE UNIFORM IN STYLE, FORMED WITHIN A 6 N N N N N HEIGHT, THICKNESS BY 6 GRID. OF STROKE AND IN O O O O O AREAS BETWEEN THE THE PLACEMENT OF P P P P P LETTERS. LETTERS SHOULD BE PARALLEL WITH THE Q Q Q Q Q A NEAT AND LEGIBLE HORIZONTAL HANDWRITING IS R R R R R GUIDELINES. EASY TO READ AND S S S S S IT SHOW WHEN WRITING IN CONSISTENCY. SMALL FONT SIZE T T T T T HOLD THE PEN NEAR KEEP THE LETTERS U U U U U ITS WRITING TIP FOR CLOSE TO EACH V V V V V BETTER CONTROL OTHER BUT MAKE WITH THE STROKES W W W W W SURE THEIR PARTS WHILE WRITING IN DON'T TOUCH. X X X X X FINGER MOVEMENT. THE DISTANCE Y Y Y Y Y USE WRIST BETWEEN WORDS MOVEMENT WHEN Z Z Z Z Z SHOUD BE AS WIDE WRITING LARGER AS LETTER “N”. FONT SIZES WHILE HOLDING THE PEN A LITTLE FARTHER RANDOM NOTES ON TYPICAL LETTING THAN THE TIP. THE DRAWING AND HEIGHTS ARE; 3/16”- INFORMATION FROM 1/4” OR 0.48-0.64CM ALL LETTERING LEADER LINES AND FOR MAIN TITLES STROKES SHOULD BE DIMENSION LINES UNDER DRAWING; A PULLING MOTION. MAY BE A 1/8”-3/16” OR 0.32- PRESS DOWN HARD LIGHTWEIGHT LINE 0.48CM FOR WHEN USING A TO MATCH THE LINE SUBTITLES AND PENCIL. STYLE. TEXT WITHIN ROOM NAMES; 1/8” OR TO ASSURE THAT A TITLE BLOCK MAY 0.32 CM FOR NOTES EACH LETTER IS IN BE MEDIUM TO BOLD AND DIMENSIONS; THE CORRECT WIDTH DEPENDING UPON ITS AND ½” OR 1.27CM IN RELATION WITH IMPORTANCE. FOR SHEET NUMBER THE HEIGHT, FORM 2 IN THE TITLE BLOCK. LETTERING USED TO VERTICAL SIDES OF LABEL A DRAWING THE LETTERS “H”, “N” SUCH AS FLOOR PLAN AND “M” FIRST. FORM OR SOUTH THE TOP OF THE ELEVATION, MAY LETTER “T” FIRST. NEED TO BE MEDIUM THE WEIGHT OF THE OR BOLD AS WELL. LINES FOR WITHIN THE RANGE LETTERING VARIES OF LIGHT, MEDIUM, WITH THE SIZE AND AND BOLD LINE SCALE OF THE WIGHTS, YOU MAY DRAWING AND THE ALSO VARY THE VISUAL IMPORTANCE WEIGHTS SLIGHTLY OF THE LETTERING. AS NEEDED TO EMPHASIZE A PART OF THE DRAWING. R R R R R S S S S S T T T T T U U U U U V V V V V W W W W W X X X X X Y Y Y Y Y A A A A A Z Z Z Z Z B B B B B THE QUICK BROWN FOX C C C C C JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG. D D D D D THE IMPORTANCE OF E E E E E GOOD LETTERING F F F F F CANNOT BE OVER- G G G G G EMPHASIZED, THE LETTERING CAN MAKE H H H H H OR BREAK AN I I I I I OTHERWISE GOOD J J J J J DRAWING. K K K K K PENCIL LETTERING SHOULD BE DONE WITH L L L L L A FAIRLY SOFT SHARP M M M M M PENCIL AND SHOULD BE N N N N N CLEAN-CUT AND DARK, O O O O O ACCENT THE ENDS OF THE STROKES. P P P P P AVOID LETTERS NOT Q Q Q Q Q UNIFORM IN STYLE, HEIGHT, THICKNESS OF TECHNICAL WORK. THEY STROKE AND IN AREAS ARE FORMED WITHIN A 6 BETWEEN THE LETTERS. BY 6 GRID. A NEAT AND LEGIBLE THE PLACEMENT OF HANDWRITING IS EASY LETTERS SHOULD BE TO READ AND IT SHOW PARALLEL WITH THE CONSISTENCY. HORIZONTAL KEEP THE LETTERS GUIDELINES. CLOSE TO EACH OTHER WHEN WRITING IN BUT MAKE SURE THEIR SMALL FONT SIZE HOLD PARTS DON’T TOUCH. THE PEN NEAR ITS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN WRITING TIP FOR WORDS SHOUD BE AS BETTER CONTROL WITH WIDE AS LETTER “N”. THE STROKES WHILE WRITING IN FINGER STICK TO ONE TYPE OF MOVEMENT LETTER SLANT. USE WRIST MOVEMENT IF YOUR LETTERS ARE WHEN WRITING LARGER TILTED TO THE LEFT OR FONT SIZES WHILE TO THE RIGHT MAKE HOLDING THE PEN A SURE YOU DON’T LITTLE FARTHER THAN OVERDO THE SLANTING THE TIP. AS IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO READ. ONLY USE ALL LETTERING LETTER SLANTS IN STROKES SHOULD BE A NOTES AND UTILIZE PULLING MOTION. UPRIGHT LETTER PRESS DOWN HARD POSITION IN TECHNICAL WHEN USING A PENCIL. LETTERINGS. TO ASSURE THAT EACH VERTICAL CAPITAL LETTER IS IN THE LETTERS ARE CORRECT WIDTH IN PREFERRED FOR MOST RELATION WITH THE HEIGHT, FORM 2 LETTERING USED TO VERTICAL SIDES OF THE LABEL A DRAWING SUCH LETTERS “H”, “N” AND AS FLOOR PLAN OR “M” FIRST. FORM THE SOUTH ELEVATION, MAY TOP OF THE LETTER “T” NEED TO BE MEDIUM OR FIRST. BOLD AS WELL. THE WEIGHT OF THE WITHIN THE RANGE OF LINES FOR LETTERING LIGHT, MEDIUM, AND VARIES WITH THE SIZE BOLD LINE WIGHTS, YOU AND SCALE OF THE MAY ALSO VARY THE DRAWING AND THE WEIGHTS SLIGHTLY AS VISUAL IMPORTANCE OF NEEDED TO EMPHASIZE THE LETTERING. A PART OF THE RANDOM NOTES ON THE DRAWING. DRAWING AND TYPICAL LETTING INFORMATION FROM HEIGHTS ARE; 3/16”-1/4” LEADER LINES AND OR 0.48-0.64CM FOR MAIN DIMENSION LINES MAY TITLES UNDER BE A LIGHTWEIGHT LINE DRAWING; 1/8”-3/16” OR TO MATCH THE LINE 0.32-0.48CM FOR STYLE. TEXT WITHIN A SUBTITLES AND ROOM TITLE BLOCK MAY BE NAMES; 1/8” OR 0.32 CM MEDIUM TO BOLD FOR NOTES AND DEPENDING UPON ITS DIMENSIONS; AND ½” OR IMPORTANCE. 1.27CM FOR SHEET NUMBER IN THE TITLE BLOCK.