Lettering for draftsmen, engineers and students; a practical system of freehand lettering for working drawings . ade as a down-strokepure and simple. The second stroke of the r starts 16 Fig. 24. from the top of the second space upwards as a veryshght curve, similar to the one forming first part of thesecond stroke of letter n. Letter f is best formedby three strokes ; the first a very short curve to theright, being joined by the second or main stroke. The horizontal thirdstroke should bemade sufficient-ly letter j ought to extend two spaces below thebase line and should be made
Lettering for draftsmen, engineers and students; a practical system of freehand lettering for working drawings . ade as a down-strokepure and simple. The second stroke of the r starts 16 Fig. 24. from the top of the second space upwards as a veryshght curve, similar to the one forming first part of thesecond stroke of letter n. Letter f is best formedby three strokes ; the first a very short curve to theright, being joined by the second or main stroke. The horizontal thirdstroke should bemade sufficient-ly letter j ought to extend two spaces below thebase line and should be made in one stroke, beingperfectly straight until the point of curve is reached. Iffound easier, however, a second right hand stroke, form-ing the curved portion, may be employed. The lattershould be almost a semicircle and one space high. The second strokeof letter k (Fig. 2 5)should extend down tonearly the first third stroke be- ^>g- ^B- gins at about the centre of the second one. The letter X is constructed with two strokes, making the firstone apparently more inclined than necessary for reasons. explained above. When the pen is very full^ the secondstroke may be made in two parts, as shown, therebypreventing the forming of a clot of ink at the intersectionof those two strokes. The upper part of letter yforms a perfect v. The second stroke may either beexecuted with a slight angle terminating in a verticaldirection, or in a perfectly straight inclined line, accordingto the draftsmans individual taste. Letter z is asusual formed in one stroke ; its starting point shouldbe vertically above the point of turning into the ellipses of the letter shown in Fig. 26, are asusual constructed in two strokes, joining the respectiveinitial and terminalpoints carefully. Thefirst curve starts in analmost horizontal di-rection towards theleft and terminates similarly at the right, thus prevent-ing the forming of a point at the top and bottomjunctures. The second (righ
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