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The document discusses letter writing for engineering drawings. It states that all written information on drawings should be in the form of lettering rather than handwriting, for legibility. It describes single stroke Gothic letters as the style universally used, and provides guidelines for letter sizing including height to width ratios. Rules for letter writing are outlined, such as keeping letter heights uniform within a line and spacing between letters and lines.

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Letter Writing Lecture Notes 5

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Letter writing - Lecture notes 5

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ENGINEERING GRAPHICS

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Letter Writing

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Letter Writing
The written information on the drawings should be legible,
neat in appearance and correct in style.
So, all written information on the drawing is always in the
form of lettering and not in handwriting.
Letter writing is an art off writing text on a drawing
d b
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using alphabets, numerals and symbols.

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Letter Writing
Types of letter writing —
(1) Single stroke.
(2) Double stroke.

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Gothic Letters
Single stroke letters are legible, neat in appearance and
correct in style, therefore they are universally used for
engineering drawings.

LLetters
tt h i
having allll strokes
t k off uniform
if thi kn
thickness are
classified as Gothic.

The style of the letter, when the thickness of the strokes is


such that it can be made with a single stroke of pencil, is
called Single Stroke Gothic.

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Gothic Letters
Single stroke vertical letters:
Letters are designated by their height.
The ratio of height to width for single stroke vertical gothic letters
is given below.
SR. HEIGHT TO WIDTH RATIO LETTER/NUMERAL
1. 7:5 All letters except I, J, L, M, W
2. 7:4 All numerals except 1
3. 7:1 I
4. 7:3 1
5. 7:4 L&J
6. 7:6 M
7. 7:8 W

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Rules of Letter Writing


1. The height of all the letters in one line should be the same.
2. The gap between two letters in a word should be 2 mm.
3. Words should be spaced one letter width apart and
distance between two lines is equal to height of one letter.
4. They should appear upright from Bottom Edge, except
when they are used for dimensioning.
5. Round-off the sharp corners wherever necessary, e.g., D, P,
S, etc.
6. Letters and numerals are designated by their heights.

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