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Text Height Chart

The document provides text height charts for both imperial and metric units at various drawing scales. It lists the factor used to calculate text heights and provides the height in inches or millimeters that different text sizes (3/32, 1/8, 3/16, 1/4, etc.) would be when placed on drawings at scales such as 1/4"=1'-0", 1:100, 1:200 and others.

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Text Height Chart

The document provides text height charts for both imperial and metric units at various drawing scales. It lists the factor used to calculate text heights and provides the height in inches or millimeters that different text sizes (3/32, 1/8, 3/16, 1/4, etc.) would be when placed on drawings at scales such as 1/4"=1'-0", 1:100, 1:200 and others.

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Michael Lopes
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Text Height Charts

Imperial Units

Drawing Scale Factor 3/32" text 1/8" text 3/16" text 1/4" text
1/32"=1'-0" 384 36" 48" 72" 96"
1/16"=1'-0" 192 18" 24" 36" 48"
3/32"=1'-0" 128 12" 16" 24" 32"
1/8"=1'-0" 96 9" 12" 18" 24"
3/16"=1'-0" 64 6" 8" 12" 16"
1/4"=1'-0" 48 4-1/2" 6" 9" 12"
3/8"=1'-0" 32 3" 4" 6" 8"
1/2"=1'-0" 24 2-1/4" 3" 4-1/2" 6"
3/4"=1'-0" 16 1-1/2" 2" 3" 4"
1"=1'-0" 12 1-1/8" 1-1/2" 2-1/4" 3"
1-1/2"=1'-0" 8 3/4" 1" 1-1/2" 2"
3"=1'-0" 4 3/8" 1/2" 3/4" 1"
6"=1'-0" 2 3/16" 1/4" 3/8" 1/2"

Metric Units

Drawing Scale Factor 2.0 mm text 2.5 mm text 3.0 mm text 3.5 mm text 6.0 mm text
1=500 mm 500 1000 mm 1250 mm 1500 mm 1750 mm 3000 mm
1=400 mm 400 800 mm 1000 mm 1200 mm 1400 mm 2400 mm
1=300 mm 300 600 mm 750 mm 900 mm 1050 mm 1800 mm
1=200 mm 200 400 mm 500 mm 600 mm 700 mm 1200 mm
1=100 mm 100 200 mm 250 mm 300 mm 350 mm 600 mm
1=60 mm 60 120 mm 150 mm 180 mm 210 mm 360 mm
1=50 mm 50 100 mm 125 mm 150 mm 175 mm 300 mm
1=40 mm 40 80 mm 100 mm 120 mm 140 mm 240 mm
1=30 mm 30 60 mm 75 mm 90 mm 105 mm 180 mm
1=20 mm 20 40 mm 50 mm 60 mm 70 mm 120 mm
1=10 mm 10 20 mm 25 mm 30 mm 35 mm 60 mm
1=5 mm 5 10 mm 12.5 mm 15 mm 17.5 mm 30 mm

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