Write like an architect A to Z, The series

[alexpro00red3]

What is the font of this lettering called?

[MrKamran425]

can you make one about how to take measurements in a room properly?

[Pvanid]

my classmates use there ID cards as an straight edge for lettering even taking exams LOL....fr. the phi.

[markhinr]

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]

@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.

[markhinr]

@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.

[markhinr]

By the way, I always enjoy your videos and appreciate your efforts to inform and inspire. Keep up the good work.

[howtoarchitect]

@markhinr thank you!!

[ultrapokesim]

@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".

[MrSiko11208]

really?......really?..... this is ridiculous

[THEMAYQUEEN1]

Fantastic!!

[LGHNGMN]

I'll see you for letter A =D

[ethnikhart]

thank you very mutch.

[odraudedarcklaw]

Wooow now i know how i should write! LOL

[uiluj13]

omg, i can do this on microsoft word?

[archebeats]

Can you make one about the tools we use?

[AwesomeCoasters]

Wanna learn how to really write like an architect? Go to college and do the 6 size 3 pages of letters and numbers you have to do during the 1st month, which in fact should be called ''how to write like a computer''.

[supertaj1800]

@AwesomeCoasters haha, I did 10 hours of lettering last week, 4 pages. first week of college!

[AwesomeCoasters]

@supertaj1800

You guys aren't alone :)

[essentialpassion]

@AwesomeCoasters oh there's really such a course? and is it intended to better the hand writing?

[markhinr]

@AwesomeCoasters Do they make you learn to use a slide rule, too? : )

[AwesomeCoasters]

@markhinr

Yeah XD good one

[steallseries]

Doug, I fucking love your stuff, informative and motivational. It would be really interesting to see some of your past projects you have made.

[VladArtRo]

what a coincidence..i needed to learn how to write like architects and heres the video...thanks :)) !!

[ChakChanChak]

Great vids. Short and informative

[Heymakarera]

derp

[SuperMrChams]

f..k yeah, first comment :D