Question

In lettering ‘A’ the height of capital letter is divided in how many parts?

(a) 10

(b) 14

(c) 16

(d) 8

This question was posed to me by my college director while I was bunking the class.

The question is from Lines, Lettering and Dimensioning in chapter Lettering Practice, Scales & Curves of Civil Engineering Drawing

Answer 1

The correct choice is (b) 14

To explain I would say: In lettering ‘A’ type, the height of the capital letter is divided into 14 parts while in lettering ‘B’ type it is divided into 10 parts. The height of letters and numerals for engineering drawing can be selected from 2.5, 3.5, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 20 mm according to drawing size.