TECHNICAL

DRAWING
GRADE 7

Presented by: SHARON L. PASCUAL

Subject Teacher
 LEARNING
COMPETENCY
• Perform different lettering
styles and techniques.
 ACCENTED
is a form of heavy and light
elements of letters
SLANT LINE
is an inclined line
SLANT LINE
is an inclined line
 STYLE
is the manner of designing
or shaping a drawing
 SKETCHING
is a preliminary drafting
 STROKE
is the technique of printing
letters
 UPPERCASE
LETTERS
are the big letters of the
alphabets
 PROPORTION
refers to the quality standard
of shape, figure, form of
object or drawing
FREEHAND DRAWING
is performed without the
use of mechanical drawing
instruments. it is purely
done by pencil rendering
 SERIF
is a small line or stroke
regularly attached to the end
of a larger stroke in a letter or
symbol within a particular
font or family of fonts.
LETTERING
Styles and
 LETTERING
• Lettering is the process of creating
illustrations with letters, numbers, or any type
of character phase.
• Lettering is used as a form of communication.
As applied in drawing, it adds beauty if it is
well-printed. Likewise, it can destroy the
appearance of the drawing once it is not done
well
 MECHANICAL LETTERING
It is done using tools such as lettering
TYPES OF guides, templates, or using a small
mechanical pantograph referred to by
LETTERING the Keuffel and Esser trademark
"Leroy"

FREEHAND LETTERING
IIt is done without the assistance MODERN DRAWINGS
of tools.To regulate lettering Lettered with computer-aided
height, commonly 3mm (1/8 in.) design software.
 THE FOUR
GROUP LETTERS
 GOTHIC
They are the most simple and
readable among the four group of
letters. It has a uniform stem. It
should be applied only for poster
and advertisement purposes.
COMMERCIAL
• It is printed with heavy stem.
It is used for advertisement
purposes only.
SINGLE STROKE
• It is printed with thin
stem. It is used for
engineering drawing
purposes.
COMMERCIAL SINGLE STROKE
 ROMAN LETTERS
The thickness of these letters is
not uniform. they have pointed
stem which is called “serif”.
They must be used for books,
magazine, newspapers, and text
matters
 THREE • OLD ROMAN LETTERS
CLASSICS They are printed by means of
LETTERS layout form using the flexible
lettering pen. The thickness of
the thin stem must be ½ from
the thickness of the heavy stem.
 THREE • OLD ROMAN LETTERS
CLASSICS
LETTERS
 THREE 2. MODERN ROMAN LETTERS
CLASSICS They are printed in single stroke
using the speedball pen. It is
LETTERS generally made with a much
heavier face than the old roman, as
usual proportion of width of stem to
height being one to six, with
comparatively very light hair lines
and long serifs.
 THREE 2. MODERN ROMAN LETTERS
CLASSICS
LETTERS
 THREE 3. MODIFIEDROMAN LETTERS
CLASSICS Similar to Modern Roman, they
LETTERS are printed in single stroke using
the speedball pen. However, this
style must be printed in the
absence of serif.
 THREE 3. MODIFIED ROMAN LETTERS
CLASSICS
LETTERS
 THREE CLASSICS LETTERS
• OLD ROMAN
3. MODIFIED ROMAN

2. MODERN ROMAN
 SPANISH SCRIPT
It is considered as artistic letters.
It is purposely used for
certificates, diplomas, citations,
greetings and invitation cards.
SPANISH
SCRIPT
TEXT OR OLD ENGLISH
This style is the most artistic
among the four groups of letter.
Similar to Spanish script, it is
also used for certificates,
diplomas, citations, greetings and
invitation cards.
TEXT OR OLD ENGLISH
 THE RULE OF
Stability of
THIS REFERS TO THE STANDARD
RULES TO BE CONSIDERED IN
PRINTING THE
LETTERS PARTICULARLY ON THE
 UPPER CASE LETTERS
They are letters which are printed
in capital form. Three guidelines
are cap line, waist line, and base
line.
UPPER CASE LETTERS
LOWER CASE LETTERS
These are the letters which are
printed in small letters printed
with the use of four guidelines
such as cap line, waist line, base
line, and dropped line.
LOWER CASE LETTERS
 THE GENERAL
Proportion of
COMPRESSED OR CONDENSED
This particular proportion should
be applied only when the space is
limited. The letters are printed
with closer distance and its width
is narrower than the normal size.
COMPRESSED OR CONDENSED
 EXTENDED
This proportion is applied when
there is a more space. The width
of the letter is wider than the
height.
EXTENDED
 NORMAL
This proportion is applied when
there is normal space. The letter
is printed in the normal size.
NORMAL
 THE TWO
Proportion of
 BOLDFACE
This refers to the letters which
are printed with heavy stem.
 LIGHTFACE
This refers to the letters which
are printed with thin stem.
LETTERING TOOLS
AND INSTRUMENTS
and Their Uses
 SPEED BALL
used in writing
different
various styles
of letters
LETTERING BRUSH
used for sign
painting
 FELT POINT PEN
used for sign
painting
 LETTER TEMPLATE
used as guide
for letter
transfer
 PENCIL
used for lettering and sketching
 TECHNICAL PEN
used for
Gothic letters
LEROY LETTERING PEN
used for engineering and
architectural lettering