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Drafting Fundamentals Lecture

LETTERING
Classification of Letter Styles.

- Gothic – All letters having the elementary strokes of even


width are classified as Gothic. Gothic lettering are the Single
Stroke letters.

Gothic Lettering

- Roman – All letters having elementary strokes “Accented” or


consisting of heavy and light lines are classified as roman.

Roman Lettering
- Italic – All slanting letters are classified as Italics – these may
be further designated as Roman Italics

Gothic Lettering, Roman Lettering

- Text - This term includes all styles of Old English

Old English Text

Types of Letter Styles:

1. E X T E N D E D L E T T E R S – if the letters are wider than the normal


2. CONDENSED LETTERS – if the letters are narrower than the normal
3. LIGHTFACE – thin stem of lettering
4. BOLDFACE – thick stem of lettering
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Uppet cose letters

Lowercase letter and numbers

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