TLE

Is the act and discipline of composing plans that visually communicate how something functions or has to be constructed. Drafting is the visual language of industry and engineering.

Drafting

is the second phase of the writing process, after prewriting and before reviewing.

Drafting

is the term used to refer to the systematic representation and dimensional specification of mechanical and architectural structures.

Drafting

It is used to remove pencil or ink smears. The erasing shield is made up of metal or celluloid with irregular holes. It protects the rest of the drawing when making an erasure.

ERASER & ERASING SHIELD

It is the process of forming letters, numerals, and other characters used in technical drawing

Lettering

is the method of constructing a design or an object with the use of prescribed mechanical instruments.

MECHANICAL DRAWING

is when every letter space is measured without considering the shape of the adjacent letter.

MECHANICAL SPACING

Two Methods of Spacing

MECHANICAL SPACING & OPTICAL SPACING

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Mechanical Drafting

It is done with the aid of tools, such as lettering guides, templates, etc.

Mechanical Lettering

the type of proportion that follow the six-by-six grid proportion for letters. The height and width are normal.

NORMAL

Tails are decorative, often curved flourishes found at the end of a letter's descending stroke, which may rest on or below your baseline.

Serif

Six Basic Rules in Spacing

Straight Curved

The artist expresses aesthetic ideas or emotions.

ARTISTIC

plain, straightforward lettering style that is characterized by letters that are typically very large and written in all capitals.

BLOCK LETTERING

Consists of pigment and mucilage, a gummy substance from various plants. It is used to color drawings.

COLORING MATERIALS

Tools used in drawing arcs and circles. Similar to dividers, they are adjusted the same way.

COMPASSES

the type of proportion that is used when the space is narrow. The height of letters is greater than normal and width is lesser.

COMPRESSED

The style is similar to Gothic, but with smoother edges and fewer points.

Calligraphy

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the proper use of the different elements necessary to achieve a good and aesthetically performed lettering.

Composition

Tools used to divide distances into a number of equal parts and to transfer measurements and spacing points of lines. Looks similar to a compass.

DIVIDERS

These are used to fasten paper to the drawing board or table. Masking tape, scotch tape and other tapes are used. Thumb tacks are sometimes used in place of tapes.

DRAFTING TAPES

Black, waterproof and quick to dry ink used in drawing

DRAWING INK

A hard and smooth surface. It does not "groove" easily when pressure is applied to the pencil. It can withstand erasures. Oslo paper is an example of good drawing paper.

DRAWING PAPER

Refers to a table where the drawing paper is laid and fastened. Their working edge should be perfectly straight and their surface, trim and smooth as this is the edge along which the T-square is moved.

DRAWING TABLE OR DRAWING BOARD

A flat piece of plastic with standard symbols cut in it. The drafting templates shapes are used as guides for drawing symbols on plans.

DRAWING TEMPLATES

Is a form of visual art that uses dry media. It has two types: Technical and Artistic.

Drawing

The type that is applied when the space is too wide. The height of the letters is less than but the width is greater.

E X T E N D E D

It is used to draw irregular curves.

FRENCH CURVES

It is done without the assistance of tools

Freehand Lettering

The sharp lines make it difficult to read when used as body text, primarily because the letters often run too close together.

Gothic

is characterized by fat, rounded characters or by sharp-edged characters. often done with three-dimensional shading as well.

Graffiti

It is a type of lettering that was done with the computer-aided software.

Modern Drawing

Is a form of visual art that uses wet media.

Painting

It is used for measuring and setting of dimensions usually expressed in centimeters and inches, and drawing straight lines.

RULERS

These letters are made of straight lines. Popular lettering styles or fonts that fall into this category include Courier, Gill Sans and Arial. These fonts are used for their consistency in spacing, particularly in computer applications

San Serif

Is a quickly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work. In general, sketching is a quick way to record an idea for later use.

Sketching

Roundhand and cursive, for example, mimic classical penmanship where letters flow from one into the next.

Sub-style

It composed of a long strip called blade and a short piece called head. Used in drawing horizontal lines and also serves as guide in drawing vertical or diagonal lines for triangles.

T-SQUARE

Exact means of expression and accuracy is one of the main objective.

TECHNICAL

With the tube and needle point, is available in several line width which are fixed and suitable for freehand and mechanical drawing and line work.

TECHNICAL FOUNTAIN PEN

Thin, transparent paper on which inked or penciled drawing is made for reproduction in blueprint or white print.

TRACING PAPER

It is used to draw vertical and oblique lines. The most commonly used triangles are the 45 degree and the 30 degree by 60 degree.

TRIANGLES

A type of scale used in general drawing. The scale has various divisions. Its main purpose is to reproduce the dimension full of size on a drawing or to reduce or enlarge them.

TRIANGULAR SCALE

which produces a better lay-out, is done in accordance with the shape of the letter next to another.

OPTICAL SPACING

This is one of the most important tools in drawing. It comes in various grades.

PENCILS

It is used for measuring and setting of angles

PROTRACTOR

A professional drafter who makes technical drawings is sometimes called a

drafting technician

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Architecture

A device combines the protractor with triangles to produce great versatility of use.

ADJUSTABLE TRIANGLE

The Elements of Good Composition

Layout Space proportion style of letter

It is a symbol or character that is conventionally used in writing and printing to represent a speech sound and that is part of an alphabet.

Lettering

is a person who makes a technical drawing

A drafter, draftsperson, or draftsman