TLE LETTERING Flashcards
Gothic
having elementary strokes or stem of even width or thicknesses.
Roman
All letters in this style have accented strokes made up of thin and thick elements.
Script
Used in Christmas cards, wedding invitations, certificates.
Text
This includes all styles of Old English text, church text, block text, and German text.
Horizontal guidelines
are lines used to keep the letters uniform in height
What are the four horizontal guidelines?
Cap line, waist line, base line, drop line
cap line
the uppermost horizonal guideline, it is for uppercase letters and letters that are ascenders
waist line
the general height of lowercase letters, between the cap line and base line.
base line
where all the letters rest and stand
drop line
for letters that are descenders
What is Vertical guideline? What is the common height of capital letters?
Are light lines used to keep the letters uniformly vertical. 1/8 inch. Vertical guidelines are not used to space the letter but to keep them uniformly vertical.
Inclined guidelines, what is the angle of the inclined guidelines?
are used to guide the inclination of the inclined letter. 67 1/2
What are single-stroke Gothic letters?
generally used in industrial drawings and engineering. Only one stroke is used to make stems.
Horizontal stroke of A is ___ the physical center while ___ is above. Middle strokes of E and __ are above. The third stroke of E is shorter than its second. All letters having vertical and a lower horizontal stroke such as ,,_ and _ are in consecutive order of strokes.
below, H, F, B, D,E and L
The junction of K is ___ the center while __ is below. The first two strokes of K meet ___ the center. The middle horizontal strokes of __ and __ are exactly at the center. The widest letter is__ while the narrowest is __
above, Y, below, P,R, W, I
What letters can be written in two ways? Zero is narrower than the letter __. 5 horizontal bar does not extend beyond its width
a,e,y, O
What are the 3 general proportions of letters?
Normal, Condensed, Extended
What is normal?
Is used if the space where the letters are to be printed or lettering is ample.
condensed
used it space is narrow.
extended
used if space is very wide.
What is the rule of stability?
B,H,E,X and 3,8,5 must have their upper portions smaller than their lower so that they will appear stable
3 Composition in lettering
Proper selection of styles and sizes, proper spacing letters and words, proper arrangements of letters in the given space.
How is spacing done?
It’s done visually not mechanically
The distances between words should be equal to the?
height of the letters
What is Serif?
The horizontal strokes added to the end of the thin and thick stem
Fillet
The curved line that connects the serif and stem
Symbol for the word “and” what is it called?
Ampersand
