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Chapter 03 Lettering

The document discusses guidelines for text on engineering drawings, including: 1) Using text to communicate non-graphic information more clearly than graphics. 2) Ensuring text is legible through proper size, spacing between letters and words, and uniformity. 3) Placement of text in title blocks, for dimensions and notes. 4) Stroke sequence and spacing between letters to ensure clear writing.

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Chapter 03 Lettering

The document discusses guidelines for text on engineering drawings, including: 1) Using text to communicate non-graphic information more clearly than graphics. 2) Ensuring text is legible through proper size, spacing between letters and words, and uniformity. 3) Placement of text in title blocks, for dimensions and notes. 4) Stroke sequence and spacing between letters to ensure clear writing.

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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST

UVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEF
Lettering
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST
UVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEF
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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

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Example Placement of the text on drawing
Dimension & Notes

Notes Title Block


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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.
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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

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Suggested
Upper-caseStrokes
letters & Sequence
Numerals

Straight line
letters

Curved line
letters

Curved line
letters &
Numerals

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Suggested Strokes
Lower-case Sequence
letters

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


letter.

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Stroke Sequence
I L T F

E H

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Stroke Sequence

V X W

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Stroke Sequence
N M K Z

Y A 4

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Stroke Sequence
O Q C G

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Stroke Sequence
D U P B

R J 1 2

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Stroke Sequence

5 7

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Stroke Sequence
S 0 3 6

8 9

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Stroke Sequence

l i

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Stroke Sequence
v w x k

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Stroke Sequence
j y f t

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Stroke Sequence
c o a b

d p q e

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Stroke Sequence
g n m h

u s

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Word Composition
Observe the following word

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.
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Space between Letters
1. Straight - Straight 3. Straight - Slant

2. Straight - Curve 4. Curve - Curve

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Space between Letters
5. Curve - Slant 6. Slant - Slant

7. The letter “L” and “T”

≡ slant slant

slant
≡ straight
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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.


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

Example

ALL O DIMENSIONS O ARE O IN


MILLIMETERS O UNLESS
OTHERWISE O SPECIFIED.

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