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Engineering Lettering: Engr. Rhea Makinano-Arlante, Meng'g-IE, AAE, CLSSYB

This document provides tips and techniques for engineering lettering. It discusses lettering guidelines, styles, character uniformity, spacing, and pencil techniques. It emphasizes developing good freehand lettering through practice using proper form, open shapes, and a pulling motion. Vertical capital letters are preferred with consistent width to height proportions. The document demonstrates single stroke gothic lettering and includes exercises to practice engineering lettering.

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Engineering Lettering: Engr. Rhea Makinano-Arlante, Meng'g-IE, AAE, CLSSYB

This document provides tips and techniques for engineering lettering. It discusses lettering guidelines, styles, character uniformity, spacing, and pencil techniques. It emphasizes developing good freehand lettering through practice using proper form, open shapes, and a pulling motion. Vertical capital letters are preferred with consistent width to height proportions. The document demonstrates single stroke gothic lettering and includes exercises to practice engineering lettering.

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Engineering Lettering

Presented by:
Engr. Rhea Makinano-Arlante, Meng’g-IE, AAE, CLSSYB
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 Lead Designation

Note: Reverse order below


Freehand Lettering
1. Developing good lettering is a personal skill which takes
practice. Letters must be formed properly.
2. They must be open shaped very legible.
3. Clear communication is essential to avoid mistakes and
reduce waste.
4. Lettering may be done using a drafting type pencil, lead
holder or technical pen. Which ever tool is used, the
letters must properly form and very black
Freehand Lettering

5. Pull the pencil or pen across the paper. All


lettering strokes should be a pulling motion.

6. Right-handed and left-handed drafters may have


to develop different styles for forming letters.

7. 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 they are 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. Form the top of the “T” first.
Straight Line letters

• The “H” and “N” are slightly narrower than they 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 Gothic Lettering
Single Stroke Gothic Lettering
Single Stroke Gothic Lettering
Single Stroke Gothic Lettering
Single Stroke Gothic Lettering
Single Stroke Gothic Lettering
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
Lettering
Your Turn! Practice Engineering

Practice Strokes

2
5
Lettering
Your Turn! Practice Engineering

Order and direction of Strokes

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Activity no. 1 (recorded as your Class Participation, Assignment and
Seatwork)

Engineering Lettering Exercises :

1. Lupang Hinirang (Class Participation)


2. Lungsod Quezon Hymn (Seatwork)
3. QCPU Hymn (Assignment)
4. QCU Vision, Mission, Objectives (Assignment)

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