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Technical Writing, Technical Letters: Introduction, Application, Importance, Practice

The document discusses technical writing lettering, noting that it is done in a plain Gothic font style and includes proportions, spacing, and practice. Technical lettering is similar to freehand drawing and focuses on uniform letter height, width, and thickness, with compressed and extended letters also discussed. Examples are provided of vertical and inclined uppercase and lowercase letters as well as the components of a title block for technical drawings.

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Technical Writing, Technical Letters: Introduction, Application, Importance, Practice

The document discusses technical writing lettering, noting that it is done in a plain Gothic font style and includes proportions, spacing, and practice. Technical lettering is similar to freehand drawing and focuses on uniform letter height, width, and thickness, with compressed and extended letters also discussed. Examples are provided of vertical and inclined uppercase and lowercase letters as well as the components of a title block for technical drawings.

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MODULE 1

Technical Writing, Technical Letters: Introduction , Application, Importance,


Practice

Objectives:

After studying this material, the student should be able to:


1. Identify and draw single stroke Gothic letters and numerals.
2. Define bold, light, condensed, inclined, extended lettering.
3. Discuss why effective lettering is important.
4. Create a title block on paper.

A technical drawing always includes text in addition to figures. The text is


necessary to completely describe an object. It includes descriptions of the structure,
sizes, and other notes.
The text has to be lettered in a plain, legible style. This lesson explains
the lettering and how to create it. Most engineering lettering is Gothic font.

Technical writing lettering is similar to freehand drawing. It has little to do with


writing ability; one can learn to letter neatly even if their handwriting is not neat.

The three main aspects of lettering

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1. The proportions and shapes of the letters
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The proportions and shapes of the letters

Uniformity in height, width, spacing, inclination, and line thickness are important
for technical lettering.

Letters narrower than normal are compressed letters, wider than normal letters
are called extended letters.

Compressed and extended letters

2. Composition and spacing of letters and words


The space between letters in a word should be half of the area of the
letter M for standard lettering.

3. Practice
The lettering of technical drawing requires practice, constant repetition. At
the beginning, focus on the form not the speed. Avoid sketching, because it results
in variable darkness and width.

1.2.
Capital Letters
Vertical capital letters and numerals are 6 units high. The letter I and the
number 1 are each 1 unit wide. The widest letter in the alphabet, W, is 8 units
wide. Six unit letters are the ones that spell TOM Q. VAXY, all other letters are 5 units
wide. The following figures show the proper technique for vertical and inclined
capital letters and numerals.
Figure 33 : Vertical uppercase letters

Figure 34 : Inclined uppercase letters


1.3. Lowercase Letters
Lowercase letters are only used in technical drawings for longer notes. The
height of the lower part of the letter is 2/3 the height of the capital letter.

Figure 35: Vertical lowercase letters

Figure 36 : Inclined lowercase letters

Title block

For the title block, use the format below. Capitalized all letters and construct at the bottom part
of your drawing material.

NAME OF SCHOOL VERTICAL CAPITAL LETTERS (NAME OF STUDENT) PLATE NO.: 1


(DATE OF SUBMISSION)
ADDRESS FREEHAND DRAWING COURSE AND YEAR

For your first two activities, given are the plates for lettering, kindly study the width and height of letters
as you performed your activities.
PLATE No 1 : VERTICAL CAPITAL LETTERS AND NUMERALS
PLATE No 2 : INCLINED CAPITAL LETTERS AND NUMERALS

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