many many many years ago I worked (briefly) at an architectural firm doing lettering on their designs and plans - while I was pretty good at doing it freehand, we also had thin metal templates we used as stencils to aid in the process - once we got good at it we used the stencils less and less but it was a good way to learn, sort of like training wheels on a bike
the best part about that gig was as we worked we all listened to the radio play version Star Wars - and my colleagues had good weed
rotrings help…
or just ring-a-ding-ding
prefers… arch decon
The trick is to do lots of lettering all day, every day, and evenings and nights, too, and very often all night into the next day.
My dad was an engineer and my sister is an architect and I wish my writing looked like either of theirs.
Hah yup that’s the ticket. 3 decades ago I did that routine for a couple years helping a friend out with an engineering business he was trying to get off the ground. Don’t miss it at all, lol, but the lettering never left me.
Considering I often write labels on bags that go into museum storerooms and are thus theoretically supposed to still be readable in 100 years’ time I should really work on that. In reality my handwriting is very hard to read, even when I’m being extra careful.
I remember that class too, in1964. The teacher (Big Bill Richards) would not accept erasures on any work. Make a mistake,START OVER. I hated it, but to this day I have a low tolerance for sloppy work. I have let my handwriting slip since getting computerized. This video makes me want to refresh. I don’t think Big Bill would be impressed by this guy though.
Yeah, I remember the handwriting section in the back of the DLI Russian lesson books using the word пишите as an example.
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