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Engineering Drawing Engineering Lettering

This document provides guidelines for engineering lettering, including: - Recommended pencil grades for lettering (H, F, HB) and proper pencil holding technique at a 60 degree angle - Types of lettering styles covered: single stroke gothic, vertical gothic, and including fractions - Key guidelines for letter proportions, spacing, order of strokes, and developing uniform character size through practice

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Engineering Drawing Engineering Lettering

This document provides guidelines for engineering lettering, including: - Recommended pencil grades for lettering (H, F, HB) and proper pencil holding technique at a 60 degree angle - Types of lettering styles covered: single stroke gothic, vertical gothic, and including fractions - Key guidelines for letter proportions, spacing, order of strokes, and developing uniform character size through practice

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Engineering Lettering

Objectives
Tips and Techniques
Lettering
Patience and practice
needed
Lettering Notes

Lettering Guidelines – Handout


Lettering Styles
 Shape of Letters

 Order of Drawing Lines

Character Uniformity
Spacing

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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.
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.
Pencil Lead Designation

Note: Reverse order below


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
Freehand Lettering
Pull the pencil pen across
or
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.
Freehand Lettering

Vertical capital letters are preferred for most


technical work. They are formed within a 6 by
6 grid.
Straight Line letters

Most letters are slightly narrower than are


they
tall. The shapes of the letters are as open as
possible. Letters with small loops and crossing
strokes are avoided
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. the top of the
Form “T” first.
Straight Line letters

The “H” “N” are slightly narrower than they


and 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.
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
Single Stroke Gothi Lettering
c
Single Stroke Gothi Lettering
c
Single Stroke Gothi Lettering
c
Single Stroke Gothi Lettering
c
Single Stroke Gothi Lettering
c
Single Stroke Gothi Lettering
c
Lettering – Vertical Gothic Font

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Lettering – Vertical Gothic Font

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Lettering – Vertical Gothic Font

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Lettering – Vertical Gothic Font

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Lettering with Fractions
Your Turn! Practice Engineering
Lettering

Practice Strokes

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Your Turn! Practice Engineering
Lettering

Order direction Strokes


and of
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White Cartolina (glossy)
22 and ¾ Inches

5/8 Inch

14 and
¼
Inches
5 and ½ Inches
7 Inches 7 Inches 2 Inches

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White Cartolina (glossy)
22 and ¾ Inches
5 and ½
Inches
2 Inches
7
Inches

9/16
28 Inches

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