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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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