Lettering for draftsmen, engineers and students; a practical system of freehand lettering for working drawings . stroke of the E should be sHghtly above the centerof the letter, and should not be too short. The twodown-strokes of the letter H, Fig. 13, should be ex-actly parallel, and the horizontal stroke should be madeas directed for the third stroke of the E. If the capi-tal I is to be followed by a lower case 1, two shorthorizontal strokes of even length and projection may be added to the top andbottom. The secondstroke of the letterFig. 13. K should join the first at the top of the second
Lettering for draftsmen, engineers and students; a practical system of freehand lettering for working drawings . stroke of the E should be sHghtly above the centerof the letter, and should not be too short. The twodown-strokes of the letter H, Fig. 13, should be ex-actly parallel, and the horizontal stroke should be madeas directed for the third stroke of the E. If the capi-tal I is to be followed by a lower case 1, two shorthorizontal strokes of even length and projection may be added to the top andbottom. The secondstroke of the letterFig. 13. K should join the first at the top of the second space from the bottom, andthe third stroke should join the second nearly one spacehigher up. The letter L can easily be made with onestroke, analogous to the forming of the same stroke ofthe letter E. The J, Fig. 14, is commenced as a perfectlystraight down-stroke to the top of the lower space; thenit turns to the left iji a gentle curve, tangent to the base line, and finally rises to the top Fig, 14. of the first space. The M is made with four separ-. ate strokes, putting in the two parallel lines first; the twoother strokes should join at the top of the first space. Ifdesired, this letter may be made slightly wider at thebottom than at the top. The letter N is also formedby drawing the two parallel strokes first. The horizon-tal stroke of the T should be neatly balanced on topof the down-stroke, and if it is not perfectly straight, asoften is the case, a hardly noticeable crook downwards , , at both ends will improve it. The lettersshown in Fig. i5are to be con-structed precisely upon the lines laid down for the cor-responding lower case letters, with the exception thatthey should be a trifle narrower in proportion. The Yis formed with two strokes without any lower crook tothe left; the Z is made in one stroke, with the axisof the letter inthe directionof the down-str ok e .
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