@howtoarchitect Doug you inspire me to become an architect when I grow up. I may only be in middle school but I still appriciate how hard it takes to make these vids and being an architect. If I was learning to become an architect, I'd want you to be my teacher. I am looking foreward to becoming an architect and I know the difficult but I can take a challenge, an "architectual challenge".
@markhinr wrong. It doesn't take forever. In fact it's quite immediate once you get the hang of it. I lettered like this for at least a decade at a number of offices where it was THE standard. The felt-tip pen is necessary to make the letters legible on video, not because it's best practice. What was typical is ink or plastic on Mylar and pencil on Mylar and vellum.
Architectural lettering developed so multiple drafters could work on the same drawing and have the lettering look the same regardless of who did it. Each architectural office would often develop there own style as the result of the employees working there trying to match each others work. The basic concepts presented here of straight verticals, leanings and exaggerated connections are what Architects used to help each other match each other.
@howtoarchitect Hi Doug. Yes, now that you explain I can see that you would need to use a felt tip for legibility on the video. It seems our experiences differ. I've been in the business for over 40 years without encountering an architectural office that required anything but freehand lettering. Perhaps the difference is that I've always worked in small firms that designed relatively small buildings? A firm that does urban high rise projects, for example, might have very different standards.
Your lettering looks great, Doug. But in reality, architects/designers/draftsmen rarely used a triangle or straightedge for lettering. Done that way, it would have taken forever to put notes on the drawings. Also, would never have used a felt-tip pen. With the exception of a few who drafted on mylar with erasable ink, hand lettering was almost always done with F lead in a lead holder on velum.
@howtoarchitect Doug you inspire me to become an architect when I grow up. I may only be in middle school but I still appriciate how hard it takes to make these vids and being an architect. If I was learning to become an architect, I'd want you to be my teacher. I am looking foreward to becoming an architect and I know the difficult but I can take a challenge, an "architectual challenge".
By the way, I always enjoy your videos and appreciate your efforts to inform and inspire. Keep up the good work.
Doug, I fucking love your stuff, informative and motivational. It would be really interesting to see some of your past projects you have made.
@markhinr wrong. It doesn't take forever. In fact it's quite immediate once you get the hang of it. I lettered like this for at least a decade at a number of offices where it was THE standard. The felt-tip pen is necessary to make the letters legible on video, not because it's best practice. What was typical is ink or plastic on Mylar and pencil on Mylar and vellum.
Fantastic!!
Great vids. Short and informative
@markhinr thank you!!
Architectural lettering developed so multiple drafters could work on the same drawing and have the lettering look the same regardless of who did it. Each architectural office would often develop there own style as the result of the employees working there trying to match each others work. The basic concepts presented here of straight verticals, leanings and exaggerated connections are what Architects used to help each other match each other.
what a coincidence..i needed to learn how to write like architects and heres the video...thanks :)) !!
do you have any sheets with this exact lettering of both upper and lowercase that you can share, I really like the syle
@howtoarchitect Hi Doug. Yes, now that you explain I can see that you would need to use a felt tip for legibility on the video. It seems our experiences differ. I've been in the business for over 40 years without encountering an architectural office that required anything but freehand lettering. Perhaps the difference is that I've always worked in small firms that designed relatively small buildings? A firm that does urban high rise projects, for example, might have very different standards.
thank you very mutch.
@AwesomeCoasters haha, I did 10 hours of lettering last week, 4 pages. first week of college!
can you make one about how to take measurements in a room properly?
we use computers to do our draftings so do we ever need all this in our architecture life?
@AwesomeCoasters Do they make you learn to use a slide rule, too? : )
What is the font of this lettering called?
my classmates use there ID cards as an straight edge for lettering even taking exams LOL....fr. the phi.
Your lettering looks great, Doug. But in reality, architects/designers/draftsmen rarely used a triangle or straightedge for lettering. Done that way, it would have taken forever to put notes on the drawings. Also, would never have used a felt-tip pen. With the exception of a few who drafted on mylar with erasable ink, hand lettering was almost always done with F lead in a lead holder on velum.
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