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Chapter 2

This document discusses guidelines for effective technical lettering and text on engineering drawings. It covers topics such as basic strokes for letters, suggested stroke sequences, word and sentence composition, spacing between letters and words, and examples of good and poor lettering. The overall message is that lettering on technical drawings needs to be legible, uniform in size, style, and spacing to clearly communicate design information.

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Chapter 2

This document discusses guidelines for effective technical lettering and text on engineering drawings. It covers topics such as basic strokes for letters, suggested stroke sequences, word and sentence composition, spacing between letters and words, and examples of good and poor lettering. The overall message is that lettering on technical drawings needs to be legible, uniform in size, style, and spacing to clearly communicate design information.

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Chapter two

LETTERING

By: Assistant Professor Masihullah Ahmadi


Text on Drawings
Text on engineering drawing is used :

To communicate non-graphic 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
By: Assistant Professor Masihullah Ahmadi
Example Placement of the text on drawing-Standard
Dimension & Notes

Notes Title Block


Basic Strokes

Straight Slanted Horizontal Curved

Examples : Application of basic stroke


4 5
“I” letter 1 “A” letter 1 2 “B” letter 1

3 6

3
2
Suggested Strokes Sequence
Upper-case letters & Numerals

Straight line
letters

Curved line
letters

Curved line
letters &
Numerals
Suggested Strokes Sequence
Lower-case letters

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


letter.
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
JIRAPONG
| )( )| |(
\/ \
Contour || ||
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 O DIMENSIONS O ARE OIN


MILLIMETERS O UNLESS
OTHERWISE O SPECIFIED.

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