Text Height Charts

Imperial Units

Drawing Scale Factor 3/32" text 1/8" text 3/16" text 1/4" text
1/32"=1'-0" 384 36" 48" 72" 96"
1/16"=1'-0" 192 18" 24" 36" 48"
3/32"=1'-0" 128 12" 16" 24" 32"
1/8"=1'-0" 96 9" 12" 18" 24"
3/16"=1'-0" 64 6" 8" 12" 16"
1/4"=1'-0" 48 4-1/2" 6" 9" 12"
3/8"=1'-0" 32 3" 4" 6" 8"
1/2"=1'-0" 24 2-1/4" 3" 4-1/2" 6"
3/4"=1'-0" 16 1-1/2" 2" 3" 4"
1"=1'-0" 12 1-1/8" 1-1/2" 2-1/4" 3"
1-1/2"=1'-0" 8 3/4" 1" 1-1/2" 2"
3"=1'-0" 4 3/8" 1/2" 3/4" 1"
6"=1'-0" 2 3/16" 1/4" 3/8" 1/2"

Metric Units

Drawing Scale Factor 2.0 mm text 2.5 mm text 3.0 mm text 3.5 mm text 6.0 mm text
1=500 mm 500 1000 mm 1250 mm 1500 mm 1750 mm 3000 mm
1=400 mm 400 800 mm 1000 mm 1200 mm 1400 mm 2400 mm
1=300 mm 300 600 mm 750 mm 900 mm 1050 mm 1800 mm
1=200 mm 200 400 mm 500 mm 600 mm 700 mm 1200 mm
1=100 mm 100 200 mm 250 mm 300 mm 350 mm 600 mm
1=60 mm 60 120 mm 150 mm 180 mm 210 mm 360 mm
1=50 mm 50 100 mm 125 mm 150 mm 175 mm 300 mm
1=40 mm 40 80 mm 100 mm 120 mm 140 mm 240 mm
1=30 mm 30 60 mm 75 mm 90 mm 105 mm 180 mm
1=20 mm 20 40 mm 50 mm 60 mm 70 mm 120 mm
1=10 mm 10 20 mm 25 mm 30 mm 35 mm 60 mm
1=5 mm 5 10 mm 12.5 mm 15 mm 17.5 mm 30 mm

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