How to Hand Letter Like an Architect A to Z 

I like the architect lettering style, so simple and dynamic. I would like to see a video on the lowercase letters. Your lettering with lead does show some.

I love trying to figure out a letter type like this and understand how much work is put into it. Something I always have problems with is how to differentiate capital letters from lower case letters. I would love it if you did a follow up video about that.

Really cool! I have watched your videos for quite some time, and about 8 years ago I had to figure out what I was going to do with my life. I watched all your videos on the subject of architecture, and especially liked the "So you want to be an architect - Part 1". You helped me a lot with finding out what it's like to be an architect, and helped clear a few things up about being an architect. With your help (and with help from others) I ended up studying computer science, as engineering looked like a more suitable field for me. I still draw a lot, and occasionally I bring out my ruler and draw some houses. ;-) Anyway, this might seem random, but thank you for creating this channel and uploading videos. You literally helped me pick a career. :P

I've been using your lettering with a little of my own personality thrown in for Architecture school and everybody loves it. I love how informative your other videos are too and they all give me insight that my peers don't have yet. Keep it up!

3:14 My professor would give me a failing grade if I do this.

It is true that architectural hand lettering is a dying art. From just a survey of my fellow architects, if you are younger than about 40 years it is very likely you did not letter in college classes. Most of the interns I have tutored had weak lettering and some simply could not do it. I look back on my pages and pages of sample text worksheets and still wonder why... but it does look cool and makes my quick sketches look all the better.

I don't understand putting gaps arbitrarily in the different strokes of a letter. It just makes the lettering harder to understand. The goal should be to crate a font that is easy to read and can be read by designer and builders on site.

Maybe I'm stupid but I don't get the point. I didn't go to architecture school but I'm pretty sure I can write capital letters on drawings just fine. I don't even need a tool to make vertical lines. You should try it, that's a lot faster. Please enlighten me, what am I missing here ?

This is NOT standard traditional architecture lettering as I was taught in architecture school. The "dynamic angle" and "suggested connections" are ridiculous and do not help legibility. The P's and Rs are exceptionally ugly.

Do you ever run into problems with legibility? This style would be perfect for a signature, which calls for dynamism, but I dread to think about reading it at any length beyond a few words. I love the idea of feigning connected lines by leaving a gap, but that along with the angle makes it look close to Japanese Hiragana.

I really missed this kind of videos. Thanks a lot.

is there a pdf with this info and steps?

restrictive architecture is restrictive

Being a lefty I’m thinking my angles would be reversed

I saw this video in 2008 is old but it is still as good!!!!!! so good!!!!

Where is U

Super :D thanks!

This is the only reason I subbed to this channel!!!!! Thanks!!!!! Please post other styles/variations.

Man, only stop calling it "architect hand letter"... It is just your awful style.

This makes me happy.

Does it really require measurement?!?!?

what pen did you use?

ISS 2A

why do you want the letters to look dynamic? or care about style at all aren't they there on the drawings for a utilitarian purpose?

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I am a current architecture student, and we have a homework plate no. 1, it is about lettering and i have a question. what does it mean if your professor said mirror the letters written in the left side. does it means you have to flip the letters or just copy it. My classmates are confusing me. From what i understand,i just need to copy what is written on the left side. your answer will be greatly appreciated.

Great post, quick and easy. Thank you

I would not want you building my house,it would not touch the ground and one would have to go in a door hunched over.

cool

Do architects have notoriously bad writing or something? This looks absolutely horrific.

do you have a layout so we can print it? thank you

Bob Ross of capital letters

Thanks for the hand lettering in uppercase...please do the same on handlettering with lowercase

I love this channel

Do more how tos plz

I loved it

W la scrittura

Wow

Fancy lettering just don’t design my house.

well I think it is a dying art because every time I google hand lettering for architecture or interior design I see terrible fonts being used. Every hand lettering example I see today even in textbooks are out dated stylistically as well as in terms of calligraphy quality. For me this is the same as people who use Comic sans because so many use it. Lettering is about readability and when one wants to learn hand lettering calligraphy and understanding font design should be the foundation. Yet most of what I see is people coping and repeated the imitation of hand lettering of the old font over and over again.

Is this a joke?

Thanks for your interpretation of "how to write architectural-lettering." ... Personally, I'm not on board with leaving any gaps on the letters like: O, Q, etc. And the letter G was almost illegible!

Really? Architects are so dumb that they need a way to write? (obviously i'm joking, but as an engineer i feel kinda disturbed from this)