Not everyone has the ability to draw or write accurately and neatly.

Guide lines can be used to help produce neat lettering when drawing. These lines are drawn as extremely light horizontal and vertical lines to regulate the height and width of lettering.

It is often difficult to erase these lines once the lettering is complete, so use a good hard pencil and draw the lines so that you can just see them.

Guide lines are a useful aid for creating accurate and neat layout.

Here's some examples of how to use guide lines to create neat lettering.

Lettering

Lettering should be either vertical or sloped at an angle of 2:5.

1. Do not mix lettering angles on the drawing. Use all upright lettering or all sloped lettering.
2. Use only uppercase lettering on the drawing.
3. All main titles are to be 5mm high lettering.
4. All main titles (eg PLAN, ELEVATION and SECTION) are to be 20mm below the elevation.
5. All ancillary notes are to be 2mm high lettering and placed in a convenient location on the page rather than in a list form.
6. Use light guidelines for all lettering.

Always ensure that your pencil is kept sharp when lettering.