Technical Lettering and Drawing Fundamentals

Flashcards covering technical drawing terminology, letter groups, classic Roman styles, guidelines, and proportions.

How is Accented defined in technical terms?

Accented is a form of heavy and light elements of letters.

What is a Slant line?

A Slant line is an inclined line.

What is Style in drawing?

Style is the manner of designing or shaping a drawing.

What is Sketching?

Sketching is a preliminary drafting.

What is a Stroke in lettering?

Stroke is the technique of printing letters.

What are Uppercase Letters?

Uppercase Letters are the big letters of the alphabets.

What does Proportion mean in drawing?

Proportion refers to the quality standard of shape, figure, form of object or drawing.

How is Freehand Drawing defined?

Freehand Drawing is performed without the use of mechanical drawing instruments and is purely done by pencil rendering.

What are Gothic Letters and where should they be applied?

Gothic Letters are the most simple and readable among the four groups of letters with a uniform stem, and should be applied only for poster and advertisement purposes.

What is Commercial Gothic?

Commercial Gothic is a form of gothic letter printed with a heavy stem, used for advertisement purposes only.

What is Single Stroke Gothic?

Single Stroke Gothic is a form of gothic letter printed with a thin stem, used for engineering drawing purposes.

What are the characteristics and uses of Roman Letters?

Roman Letters have non-uniform thickness with pointed stems called "serif", and must be used for books, magazine, newspapers, and text matters.

How are Old Roman Letters printed, and what is the proportion requirement for their thin stem?

Old Roman Letters are printed by means of layout form using the flexible lettering pen, where the thickness of the thin stem must be $\frac{1}{2}$ from the thickness of the heavy stem.

How are Modern Roman Letters printed?

Modern Roman Letters are printed in single stroke using the speedball pen.

How does Modified Roman differ from Modern Roman?

Modified Roman is printed in single stroke using the speedball pen, but it must be printed in the absence of serif.

What is Spanish Script used for?

Spanish Script is considered artistic letters purposely used for certificates, diplomas, citations, greetings and invitation cards.

Which style is the most artistic among the four groups of letters?

Text or Old English is the most artistic among the four groups of letters.

What are the three guidelines used for printing Upper Case letters under the Rule of Stability?

The three guidelines for Upper Case letters are the cap line, waist line, and base line.

What are the four guidelines used for printing Lower Case Letters under the Rule of Stability?

The four guidelines for Lower Case Letters are the cap line, waist line, base line, and dropped line.

When should Compressed or Condensed letter proportion be applied?

Compressed or Condensed proportion should be applied only when space is limited, where letters are printed with closer distance and narrower width than normal size.

When is Extended letter proportion applied?

Extended proportion is applied when there is more space, where the width of the letter is wider than the height.

When is Normal letter proportion applied?

Normal proportion is applied when there is normal space, where the letter is printed in the normal size.

What is Boldface proportion of thickness?

Boldface refers to letters which are printed with a heavy stem.

What is Lightface proportion of thickness?

Lightface refers to letters which are printed with a thin stem.