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Chapter 01 Introduction

This document provides guidelines for lettering and sketching on engineering drawings. It discusses topics such as: - The purpose of text on drawings - Placement of text such as dimensions, notes, and title blocks - Lettering standards including style, size, and spacing - Basic strokes used to form letters - Stroke sequence for individual letters - Guidelines for word spacing and composition - Techniques for freehand sketching lines, circles, and arcs The overall aim is to promote clarity, uniformity, and legibility in technical drawings through proper application of lettering and sketching principles.

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Chapter 01 Introduction

This document provides guidelines for lettering and sketching on engineering drawings. It discusses topics such as: - The purpose of text on drawings - Placement of text such as dimensions, notes, and title blocks - Lettering standards including style, size, and spacing - Basic strokes used to form letters - Stroke sequence for individual letters - Guidelines for word spacing and composition - Techniques for freehand sketching lines, circles, and arcs The overall aim is to promote clarity, uniformity, and legibility in technical drawings through proper application of lettering and sketching principles.

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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST

UVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEF

Lettering
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST
UVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEF

Text on Drawings
Text on engineering drawing is used :
To communicate nongraphic information.
As a substitute for graphic information, in those instance
where text can communicate the needed information
more clearly and quickly.
Thus, it must be written with
Legibility

- shape
- space between letters and words

Uniformity

- size
- line thickness

Example

Placement of the text on drawing


Dimension & Notes

Notes

Title Block

Lettering Standard
ANSI Standard

This course

Use a Gothic text style,

Use only a vertical Gothic

either inclined or vertical.

text style.

Use all capital letters.

Use both capital and


lower-case letters.

Use 3 mm for most

Same. For letters in title

text height.

block it is recommend to use


5~8 mm text height

Space between lines

N/A.

of text is at least 1/3

Follows ANSI rule.

of text height.

Basic Strokes
Straight

Slanted

Horizontal

Curved

Examples : Application of basic stroke


I letter

A letter 1

B letter 1

3
3
2

Upper-caseStrokes
letters & Sequence
Numerals
Suggested
Straight line
letters

Curved line
letters
Curved line
letters &
Numerals

Lower-case
letters
Suggested
Strokes
Sequence

The text s body height is about 2/3 the height of a capital


letter.

Stroke Sequence
I

Stroke Sequence
V

Stroke Sequence
Z
M
K

Stroke Sequence
O

Stroke Sequence
U
P
B

Stroke Sequence
5

Stroke Sequence
S

Stroke Sequence
l

Stroke Sequence
w
x
k

Stroke Sequence
y
f
t

Stroke Sequence
o
a
b

Stroke Sequence
n
m
h

Word Composition
Look at the same word having different spacing between letters.
A) Non-uniform spacing

JIRAPONG
B) Uniform spacing

J IR A P O N G
Which one is easier to read ?

Word Composition

Spacing
Contour

JIRAPONG
|||| \

\ | )(

)|

|(

General conclusions are:


Space between the letters depends on the contour of
the letters at an adjacent side.
Good spacing creates approximately equal background
area between letters.

Space between Letters


1. Straight - Straight

3. Straight - Slant

2. Straight - Curve

4. Curve - Curve

Space between Letters


5. Curve - Slant

6. Slant - Slant

7. The letter L and T

slant

slant
slant

straight

Example : Good and Poor Lettering


GOOD
Not uniform in style.
Not uniform in height.
Not uniformly vertical or inclined.
Not uniform in thickness of stroke.
Area between letters not uniform.
Area between words not uniform.

Sentence Composition
Leave the space between words equal to the space
requires for writing a letter O.

Example

ALL ODIMENSIONS OARE OIN


MILLIMETERS OUNLESS
OTHERWISE O SPECIFIED.

Freehand
Sketching

Straight Line
1. Hold the pencil naturally.
2. Spot the beginning and end points.
3. Swing the pencil back and forth between the points, barely
touching the paper until the direction is clearly established.
4. Draw the line firmly with a free and easy wrist-and-arm
motion

Horizontal line

Vertical line

Nearly vertical
inclined line

Nearly horizontal
inclined line

Small Circle
Method 1 : Starting with a square
1. Lightly sketching the square and marking the mid-points.
2. Draw light diagonals and mark the estimated radius.
3. Draw the circle through the eight points.
Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Small Circle
Method 2 : Starting with center line
1. Lightly draw a center line.
2. Add light radial lines and mark the estimated radius.
3. Sketch the full circle.
Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Large Circle
1. Place the little finger (or pencil s tip) at the center as a
pivot, and set the pencil point at the radius-distance from
the center.
2. Hold the hand in this position and rotate the paper.

Arc
Method 1 : Starting with a square

Method 2 : Starting with a center line

Steps in Sketching
1. Block in main shape.
2. Locate the features.
3. Sketch arcs and circles.
4. Sketch lines.

Example

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