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Architectural Drafting

Architectural Drafting . Architectural Communication – Architectural Lettering. T ype is one of the most eloquent means of expression in every epoch of style. N ext to architecture, it gives the most characteristic portrait of a period and the most severe testimony of a nation’s

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Architectural Drafting

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  1. Architectural Drafting Architectural Communication – Architectural Lettering

  2. Type is one of the most eloquent means of expression in every epoch of style. Next to architecture, it gives the most characteristic portrait of a period and the most severe testimony of a nation’s intellectual status. -Peter Behrens Architectural Drafting I - Architectural Lettering

  3. Serif – the finishing stroke at the end of stems and arms of letters, originally made by the flick of the quill or pen Sans serif – Latin term used to describe architectural lettering; sans means “without” so the full term is interpreted “without” serifs Lettering Terms A A Architectural Drafting I - Architectural Lettering

  4. Lettering Terms • Guidelines – parallel set of lines which define the upper and lower limits of architectural lettering; lightest lines on a drawing Architectural Drafting I - Architectural Lettering

  5. Lettering Terms • Vertical strokes – used to draw only those parts of letters that are perpendicular to the guidelines; thin lines drawn with a parallel bar, triangle, and the thin edge of a chisel point Architectural Drafting I - Architectural Lettering

  6. Lettering Terms • Freehand strokes – used to draw those parts of letters that are not perpendicular to the guidelines; thick strokes drawn freehand (without a parallel bar or triangle) with the broad side of a chisel point Architectural Drafting I - Architectural Lettering

  7. Lettering Concepts • All letters capitalized • All letters the same height • All letters with a uniform width (except “I”) • Sans serif • All vertical strokes are drafted • All freehand/horizontal strokes are freehand Architectural Drafting I - Architectural Lettering

  8. Demonstration Architectural Drafting I - Architectural Lettering

  9. Imake the same demands of an architectural work as I do of my fellow man – namely that it be honest and true to itself. The rest I wish to see combined with as much grace and charm as can possibly be imagined. -FrankLloydWright Architectural Drafting I - Architectural Lettering

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