Lesson 21-Single Stroke Gothic Letters,Spacing,Proportioning & Centering Letters

* Single Stroke Gothic- most widely used & accepted style of letters.Common in posters & billboard signs.

4 Groups of Gothic Letters:
1. Single stroke Vertical uppercase letters-JESSA
2. Single stroke Inclined uppercase letters-JESSA
3. Single stroke Vertical lowercase letters-jessa
4. Single stroke Inclined lowercase letters-jessa

Guidelines used in Letterings:
1. Capline___________________
2. Waistline_________________
3. Baseline__________________
4. Dropline__________________

Proportion of Letters:
1. Compressed letters-used if space is limitted/narrow.
2. N o r m a l letters- used if there is enough space.Not too narrow nor too wide.
3. E x p a n d e d letters- used if space is wide.

Spacing of letters:
1. Spacing letters-it is done by the eye.We call it Visual Spacing(tinatantiya lang).
2. Spacing Words-imagine letter O between each word.
3. Spacing Sentences-spaces must be equivalent to 2 capital letter O.

Methods of Centering Titles:
1. Trial & Final Method-it is widely used by skilled drafting students. A light lettering (trial only)is made with a pencil in the space where the title is to be located.Then,in finishing it,necessary adjustments are made so that the letters/titles are properly centered.
2. Scratch paper Method-it is advisable for beginners.The scratch paper is centered over the space where the title is to be printed.