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Uploaded on Sep 13, 2008

Learn about architecture and design with Doug Patt at the Architect's Academy. http://academy.howtoarchitect.com/

Hi Im Doug Patt and this is how to architect. Today well learn How to write like an architect. The basic drafting tool for an architect when working by hand is a parallel rule. You can also use a t-square. Ill be using an ames lettering guide to create the lines for the lettering. First were going to create our horizontal lines using the lettering guide. The guide has a variety of spacing options to create just about any combination your looking for. I will also be using a small triangle. Ive added tape to this one for ink lettering to avoid smearing. Ill also be using a .5mm pentel drafting pencil and a paper mate, flair pen for the letters. Ive created a small grid here to give me some guidance when I lay out the letters. Id say the most important thing to remember about hand lettering is that your letters need to seem animated while still appearing orderly and neat. I think this is achieved by using a few conventions. For example, youll notice the letters have some amount of incompleteness. The second diagonal on the A does not follow all the way to the guide line, the bottom of the B or D isnt complete, The bottom line on the E starts in front of the vertical. The second thing is that all the horizontals in the letters are drawn by hand, not using the parallel rule. They all sit at a slight angle making them dynamic and yet uniform. Youll also notice that I use the ruler for all vertical lines. Lastly, when making your Os, Qs, Cs, Gs, even 8s and 9s, the letters and numbers are simply combinations of semi circles. Even the letter S is made the same way. These are two images from my portfolio. They are good examples of how your strings of words will come together to form orderly yet animated paragraphs. This is a quote I found from Tyron Edwards Dictionary of thoughts I enjoy referring to from time to time. It seemed appropriate for a youtube video because giving people the most amount of knowledge in the least amount of time is really what drives the information age. So, remember hand lettering is about style and legibility. Mine is definitely stylized and probably a little tough to read sometimes. So thanks for checking out how to write like an architect. Im Doug

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  • TheNineInchNail97

    wow. I must be really bored if im watching this...

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  • tswagg504

    I've been trying to master this awesome style of writing for the past few months...I went to and Architectural/ Engineering/ Business of Construction school, and we didn't spend time on this because we had so much to cover in only 4 years. This style of writing is so unique and definitely catch people's attention when they see it.

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  • awesomec0re

    It's cool, but I can't read it at all

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  • Eve Cool

    This is shit

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  • luckya824

    Well swiss architects learn it in a different way...

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  • CamiloSanchez1979

    Do architects even still use pencil and paper? you would think in this time and age everything is CAD

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  • José Alejandro Suárez Egas

    I know, the instrument is an AMES LETTERING GUIDE.

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  • José Alejandro Suárez Egas

    Please, what is the name of thre first instrument you use?

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  • PerkyJoe5693

    this is the font used in comic books.

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  • Cbeauty034

    OMG that is sooooo cool

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  • pblo espinoza

    thanks ! , i had a problem with the write thing , not any more

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