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CE100 L2 Lettering

Lettering in engineering drawing is crucial for providing clear information through notes and annotations, emphasizing legibility and uniformity. There are two main types of lettering: Double Stroke and Single Stroke, each with specific styles and conventions for proper execution. Key conventions include using capital letters, maintaining even pressure, and ensuring appropriate spacing between letters and words.

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CE100 L2 Lettering

Lettering in engineering drawing is crucial for providing clear information through notes and annotations, emphasizing legibility and uniformity. There are two main types of lettering: Double Stroke and Single Stroke, each with specific styles and conventions for proper execution. Key conventions include using capital letters, maintaining even pressure, and ensuring appropriate spacing between letters and words.

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Lettering in Engineering Drawing

Lettering is used to provide easy to read and understand information to supplement a drawing
in the form of notes and annotations. Lettering is an essential element in both traditional
drawing and Computer Aided Design (CAD) drawing. Thus, it must be written with:
Legibility – shape & space between letters and words.
Uniformity – size & line thickness.

Types of Lettering
The two types of lettering are:
1. Double Stroke Lettering: In Double Stroke Lettering the line width is greater than that of
Single Stroke Lettering.
Double Stroke Lettering is further divided into:
a) Double Stroke Vertical Gothic Lettering.
b) Double Stroke Inclined Gothic Lettering.
A stencil is mostly used when hand drawing double stroked letters.

2. Single Stroke Lettering: Thickness in single stroke lettering is obtained by a single stroke
of pencil or ink pen. It is further divided into:

(a) Single Stroke Vertical Gothic Lettering.


(b) Single Stroke Inclined Gothic Lettering.

Conventions for Lettering


 Use all CAPITAL LETTERS.
 Use even pressure to draw precise, clean lines.
 Use one stroke per line.
 Horizontal Strokes are drawn left to right.
 Vertical Strokes are drawn downward.
 Curved strokes are drawn top to bottom in one continuous stroke on each side.
 Use The Single-stroke, Gothic Style of Lettering.
 Always Skip A Space Between Rows Of Letters.
 Always Use Very Light Guide Lines.
 Fractions Are Lettered Twice the Height Of Normal Letters.
 Fraction Bars Are Always Drawn Horizontal.
 Use a Medium Lead For Normal Lettering.
 Use a Hard Lead For Drawing Guide Lines.

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Basics of Single Stroking

Spacing
Uniformity in spacing of letters is a matter of equalizing spaces by eye.
 The background area between letters, not the distance between them, should be
approximately equal.
 Words are spaced well apart, but letters within words should be spaced closely.

 For either upper case or lower-case lettering, make the spaces between words
approximately equal to a capital O.

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Space between letters

Drawing scales
Scale is the ratio of the linear dimension of an element of an object shown in the drawing to
the real linear dimension of the same element of the object.

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Try with one-fourth (0.25) inches distance between the lines, in both the directions (X
and Y axes)

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