Deck 38: Freehand Vertical Lettering

Question 1

An almost square style letter known as ____ lettering is very widely used because it is legible and the individual letters are simple enough to be made quickly and accurately.

A) Gothic
B) Greek
C) Latin
D) Roman

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Describe Gothic lettering.

Answer 2

An almost square style letter known as Gothic lettering is very widely used because it is legible and the individual letters are simple enough to be made quickly and accurately. Gothic letters may be either vertical (straight) or inclined (slant) and upper- or lowercase. Lower-case letters are rarely used on manufacturing drawings, but are used at times with construction drawings.

Question 3

Explain how to keep letters straight and of uniform height.

Answer 3

Very light guide lines should be used to keep the letters straight and of uniform height.

Question 4

Explain the purpose of lettering on the drawing of a part or mechanism and how it is done.

Question 5

What is the proper spacing between lines?

Question 6

When learning to letter a drawing, ____ should be started first, as they are easiest to make.

A) punctuation
B) numbers
C) upper-case
D) lower-case

Question 7

The space between letters should be about ____ the width of a regular letter.

A) one-fourth
B) one-third
C) one-half
D) two-thirds

Question 8

Between words, a space ____ the full width of a normal letter should be used.

A) one-fourth
B) one-third
C) one-half
D) two-thirds

Question 9

The National Micrographics Association has developed an adaptation of the single-stroke Gothic characters for general use and increased legibility in drawing reproduction known as ____.

A) microfont
B) minifont
C) digifont
D) photofont

Question 10

A ____ is recommended for lettering because it is possible to guide the pencil easily to form good letters.

A) hard pencil
B) fountain pen
C) ball point pen
D) soft pencil

Question 11

Discuss why proper spacing between letters, words and lines is important.

Question 12

What is the proper method of drawing fractions in freehand?

Question 13

The accompanying figure represents the ____ lettering and numerals.

A) digifont
B) photofont
C) microfont
D) minifont

Question 14

In the accompanying figure, what do the small numbers indicate?

Question 15

How are upper-case, lower-case, and numbers formed?