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.