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  2. Technical lettering - Wikipedia

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    Technical lettering. Technical lettering is the process of forming letters, numerals, and other characters in technical drawing. It is used to describe, or provide detailed specifications for, an object. With the goals of legibility and uniformity, styles are standardized and lettering ability has little relationship to normal writing ability.

  3. Engineering drawing - Wikipedia

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    Technical lettering Technical lettering is the process of forming letters, numerals, and other characters in technical drawing. It is used to describe, or provide detailed specifications for an object.

  4. Lettering - Wikipedia

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    Lettering is an umbrella term that covers the art of drawing letters, instead of simply writing them. Lettering is considered an art form, where each letter in a phrase or quote acts as an illustration. Each letter is created with attention to detail and has a unique role within a composition. [1] Lettering is created as an image, with letters ...

  5. Technical drawing - Wikipedia

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    Technical drawing, drafting or drawing, is the act and discipline of composing drawings that visually communicate how something functions or is constructed. Technical drawing is essential for communicating ideas in industry and engineering . To make the drawings easier to understand, people use familiar symbols, perspectives, units of ...

  6. Technical writing - Wikipedia

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    Technical writing is the writing of technical content, particularly relating to industrial and other applied sciences, with an emphasis on occupational contexts. [1] The range of audiences for technical writing varies widely. By far, the most common form of technical writing is for procedural documentation (standardized, step-by-step guides).

  7. Lettering guide - Wikipedia

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    Lettering guide. A lettering guide template is a special type of template used to write uniform characters. It consists of a sheet of plastic or other material with cut-outs of letters, numbers, and other shapes used especially for creating technical drawings. For decades they have been essential for lettering a drawing nameplate so text and ...

  8. DIN 1451 - Wikipedia

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    DIN 1451 is a sans-serif typeface that is widely used for traffic, administrative and technical applications. [1] It was defined by the German standards body DIN ( Deutsches Institut für Normung, 'German Institute for Standardisation', pronounced like the English word din) in the standard sheet DIN 1451 -Schriften ('typefaces') in 1931. [2]

  9. Type design - Wikipedia

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    Type design is the art and process of designing typefaces. This involves drawing each letterform using a consistent style. The basic concepts and design variables are described below. A typeface differs from other modes of graphic production such as handwriting and drawing in that it is a fixed set of alphanumeric characters with specific ...