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MEEN1310 Lecture 4 Lettering

This document provides an overview of lettering techniques used in engineering drawings. It discusses the Gothic typeface commonly used, guidelines for proper spacing and proportion, and techniques for drawing vertical, horizontal, and inclined strokes. The course map outlines topics to be covered, including orthographic projections, isometric drawings, sectional views, and threads and fasteners. As homework, students are asked to complete lettering exercises in their workbook due by the following Wednesday.

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MEEN1310 Lecture 4 Lettering

This document provides an overview of lettering techniques used in engineering drawings. It discusses the Gothic typeface commonly used, guidelines for proper spacing and proportion, and techniques for drawing vertical, horizontal, and inclined strokes. The course map outlines topics to be covered, including orthographic projections, isometric drawings, sectional views, and threads and fasteners. As homework, students are asked to complete lettering exercises in their workbook due by the following Wednesday.

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MEEN 1310

Engineering Graphics
Lecture 4: Lettering
Rajashekar Mogiligidda

Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering


Texas A&M University- Kingsville
Course map
1. Introduction
2. Tools for Engineering drafting
3. Dimensioning
4. Lettering
5. Orthographic projections
6. Isometric drawings(Pictorial)
7. Auxiliary views
8. Sectional views
9. Tolerance
10. Threads & Fasteners
Typeface used in Engineering
• Different hand letter styles are used but not all
are used for engineering drafting
• Roman, Italic, Text and Gothic are commonly used
• Engineering drawing use Gothic lettering
• Also known as single-stroke Gothic
• Machine drawings use uppercase letters
• Lettering may be vertical or inclined
• Never mixed on the same drawing
• Architectural drawings also use Gothic
typeface but are much more ‘freer’

Image source: Radford’s Cyclopedia of Construction


Guide-lines for lettering
• Two types of guidelines
• Horizontal and vertical
• Drawn using pencil with grade 4H or
harder (lighter)
• Should not be visible from a distance
• Letters drawn in equally spaced
guideline grid of 6x6
• Lowercase and small uppercase
letters are two third the uppercase
letters in height
Lettering strokes
• Vertical and inclined
strokes are created with
movements of the fingers

• Horizontal strokes are


created by pivoting the
hand at the wrist
Image source: Drafting & Design-Engineering Drawing Using Manual and CAD Techniques
Lettering strokes
• Letters and numerals must be proportional and
spaced properly
• Equally spaced letters in a word
• Spacing depends on the area available between
letters
• Words are separated by a space equivalent to an ‘O’
• Elements should be stable
• Some elements are not symmetric about the center
• Elements should not appear heavy on one of the side
• Element size
• Minimum of 1/8” in height for notes, ¼” for titles
• Lines separated 2/3rd of full letter height
Homework # 2

Complete Exercise on page B-11 & B-13 from the


Workbook (Need to be done using a pencil)
Due next Wednesday (Sept 11, 2019) by 12:00 PM

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