SINGLE STROKEGOTHIC LETTERS SPACING,

PROPORTIONING AND CENTERING LETTERS

FOUR GROUP OF

GOTHICLETTERS

SingleStrokeVerticalUppercaseLetters---

ERIKAJENNY

Single Stroke InclinedUppercase Letters-

ERIKA JENNY

Single Stroke Vertical Lowercase letters-

erika jenny

Single Stroke Inclined Lowercase letters-

erika jenny

GUIDELINES USED IN

LETTERING

BASELINE

CAPLINE WAISTLINE

DEEP LINE

Lady Angela

CAPLINE

Proportion of

Letters

this is used if the space where the letters are to be printed is narrow.

MA. VERONICA

1.Compress Letters

2.Normal Letters

this is used if the space to be printed is just enough.

MA. VERONICA

2.Expanded Letters

this is used if the space where the letters are to be printed is wide..

MA. VERONICA

SPACING 0f LETTERSAND WORDS

Spacing of letters should not be made equal or done mechanically. It is not measured directly but the spacing is done by the eye so that the areas between letters appear to be equal. This is called visual spacing.

Spacing Letters

D R A W I NG

Mechanical Spacing (Poor Practice)

DRAWING

Visual Spacing( Good Practice )

Spacing Words

The simplest and the most widely used method of spacing words is by imagining one letter O between each word.

I LOVE MY PARENTS

Example:

Spacing Sentences

The space between sentences must be equivalent to two capital letter O.

I LOVE MY BROTHER. I WILL TAKE GOOD CARE OF HIM.

Example:

METHODS 0F CENTERING

TITLES

Trial and Final Method

1.

In this method, a light lettering ( trial only ) is made with a pencil in the space where the title is to be located. In finishing the letters, necessary adjustment s should be made in order that the letters or title is properly centered.

Scratch Paper

Method

2.

This is more systematic than the trial and final method but it is more time consuming. In this method, lettering is first done in a scratch paper then the scratch paper is centered over the space where the title is to be printed.

ACTIVITY

I-MERCURY