TECHNICAL

DRAWING
LETTERING
Technical Drawing • Mr. Milnes • RM 1014

Technical Drawings must be correctly lettered in order to communicate information to others!

• All figures and letters on a drawing should be UNIFORM, NEAT & CAREFULLY made.
• There are two types of lettering techniques — VERTICAL letters & INCLINED letters.
• (You will use VERTICAL – UPPERCASE letters for all your paper & pencil drawings.)
• Never mix vertical and lowercase letters.
• Poor lettering detracts from a drawing.
• Ability to write good letters may be developed by continual practice.
• SPELL words correctly.
• Make letters and figures proper SIZE. Don’t make letters too prominent, yet make them
readable.
• Letters should be between 1/8” – 1/4” high. Provide sufficient space between words …
equal to about the width of a “W”.
• Keep your forearm on the table when lettering.
• Make the letters clean-cut and dark.
• Shift, or roll, the pencil frequently to prevent wearing down in one place of the pencil.
• Draw parallel light “GUIDELINES” to help with lettering.