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ENGINEERING GRAPHICS

LESSON 3
LETTERING
Now students in this lecture we will study that feature of
engineering drawing, which is used most frequently used in
drawing.

Lettering
Writing of titles, sub titles, dimensions, scale and other details
on a drawing is called lettering. It is an important feature of
engineering drawing. The ability to letter freehand with speed,
neatness, and beauty of form, uniformity and legibility is a skill
very much desired by all engineers. The main requirements of
lettering, namely, types and sizes of letters and technique are
specified in IS: 9609-1983, adopted from ISO: 3098/1-1974(E)
Single stroke letters-single stroke means that the width of the
straight or curved lines that form the lettering is equal to that of
the stroke of a pen or pencil. These are the simplest form of
letters generally used in engineering drawings. Generally the
word single stroke means that the letter should be made
without lifting the pencil.
Gothic (thick) letters are used for ink-drawings.
Types of lettering:
i. Vertical lettersa. Capital (upper case) letters

Size of letters is designated by the height of Capital letters.


Standard heights for lettering are 3.5, 5, 7 and 10mm.
Different sizes of letters are used for different purposes.
Main title7 or 10mm
Sub-titles5or 7mm
Dimensions, notes etc-3.5or 5mm

b. Small (lowercase) letters


ii. Inclined letters (inclination of 75 is recommended with the
horizontal))
a. Capital letters
b. Small letters
The recommended forms of lettering are given as. These are
modified forms of letters.

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