ENGINEERING LETTERING

Prepared by Engr. John Paul V. Timola, LPT

Reference: Lectures by Marifa S. Torralba, PhD
INTRODUCTION
• Before printing was introduced by Gutenberg in the 15th
century all letter styles were made by hand and their
designs were modified according to the taste of the
individual writer, such as Gothic, Roman, Italic, Text.
INTRODUCTION
• The plainest and most legible style is the GOTHIC, from
which the single-stroke engineering letters are derived.
INTRODUCTION
• The American National Standards Institute in 1935
suggested a standardization of technical letterings made
by Reinhardt using the single-stroke Gothic letters.
INTRODUCTION
• Uniformity is essential in any lettering style.

• Uniformity in height, proportion, inclination, strength of lines,

spacing of letters (stability of letters) and spacing of words

• The use of light GUIDE LINES ensures uniformity in height

EXERCISE 2
• Using the grid lines of the graphing paper as guide lines,
write all the letters of the alphabet in vertical and inclined
letters (upper and lower case) including the numerals.
(pencil only)
EXERCISE 2
EXERCISE 2
Height of uppercase letters and numbers:
6 units, i.e. 7 lines, 6 spaces

Width of uppercase letters:

6 units – T, O, M, Q, V A, X, Y
8 units – W
1 units – I and no. 1
5 units – remaining letters and numbers
EXERCISE 2
EXERCISE 2
Height of the body of the lowercase letters: 2/3 uppercase
height

Width of lowercase letters:

4 units – a, c, e, s, u, o, v, x, z, b, d, k, g, p, q, y,
3 units – f, h, j, n, r, t
5 units – m, w
1 unit – i, l
EXERCISE 2
EXERCISE 2
ACTIVITY 2
ACTIVITY 2
MISSION STATEMENT: 0.6 mm height, 0.7 or 0.8 pen, Vertical
VISION STATEMENT: 0.6 mm height, 0.7 or 0.8 pen, Inclined
BORDER: 200 mm x 287 mm
TITLE BLOCK: 0.4 mm height letters/numbers,, 0.7 or 0.8 pen
for school and title, 0.2 or 0.3 pen for others
COLEGIO DE SAN JUAN DE LETRAN Title: VERTICAL AND INCLINED UPPER AND LOWER CASE GOTHIC LETTERS 1 cm
Student No.
Drawing by Engr. John Timola, LPT Section: 1IE-A Date: 8/17/2018 Activity No. 2
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8 cm 5 cm