How to Write Like An Architect (+ Worksheet)

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Tips + techniques for learning how to write like an architect with a worksheet to guide you. Sharing my favorite tools and reference materials you can use to learn the graphic conventions architects use to annotate their sketches. An updated guide to help you develop your own personal architectural lettering style.
Even though digital production has made the architectural handwriting tradition less essential, I would argue learning a handwriting style is still a relevant exercise. As visual people, it forms a significant part of our personal graphic style. So, whether you're an architect, a student, a graphic designer, or simply journaling each day, developing a legible, clear, and consistent handwriting style remains important.
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0:30 Tools you’ll need (just trace + a felt-tipped pen) thirtybyforty.c... + thirtybyforty.c...
1.01 Worksheet (download here: thirtybyforty.c... )
2:09 Style guide + letter-by-letter tutorial
7:23 Numbers
9:00 Essential Reference Book thirtybyforty.c...
9:41 Why - I think - you should bother learning this to write like this
The Origin Story
I didn't mention this in the video, but it's interesting to know how this style of writing came to be and why all architects share a similar style of handwriting. Before the computer, there were teams of people responsible for drafting a set of architectural drawings so a floor plan may have been started by one and then passed off to be revised and finished by many others. This meant that all the hand lettered notes and dimensions had to be consistent between each person. Everything had to be clear because a misinterpreted note on a drawing could make for a costly construction error. Because upper case letters are visually distinct they were difficult to confuse with other letters like you might with a lowercase “L” and a lowercase “I” for example. There were also compositional reasons for choosing uppercase letterforms too. When laying out and composing a sheet of drawings there’s an art to arranging the graphics on the page and the notations they’re a large part of the visual style. Upper case letters don’t have descenders - no part of the letter goes below the baseline and this makes them a lot easier to lay out as graphic elements on the drawing and you can pack things in a lot closer than you could if there were descenders as you would if you used lowercase letters.
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@30by40 5 лет назад

Download the worksheet here: thirtybyforty.com/blog/how-to-write-like-an-architect Cheers my friends...

@what_the_grain4034 5 лет назад

Thank you

@janversteegen8883 5 лет назад

30X40 Design Workshop can you please make a video about how YOU work on a design?

@AloShotija 5 лет назад

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@danielchoque9318 5 лет назад

Gracias por los subtitulos es español

@patrickstarr9363 5 лет назад

Thanks from China.

@cliftonmcnalley8469 Год назад

I took drafting in highschool in the 70's. I think we spent the first three weeks learning to letter - and nothing else. Went on to get my design degree taking several architecture classes and had a much easier time with lettering than my classmates. Still print anytime I feel a handwritten note warrants the clarity.

@TJRohyans Год назад

I learned the same way in HS, although a decade later than you. And I always block print; rarely write in cursive. Over the years though I've gotten sloppy trying to be fast.

@robs5252 5 лет назад

I was meeting with a builder client of mine today, and as I was preparing to leave, I put on my coat and my brown leather satchel when he asked me to quickly meet two people before I left his office. I was introduced to two gentlemen who will be performing some work for the builder, when the one says, "He looks architectural with the coat and the satchel bag" and the builder replied, "Yeah, and he does the neat architectural writing too". So for anyone looking to be an architect or a designer - you don't need years of schooling, licensing, or experience. Just carry a leather satchel and write like an architect.

@ednorton47 5 лет назад

Builders generally hold most architects in low regard.

@robs5252 5 лет назад

@@ednorton47 That is true

@vp3841 5 лет назад

/takes out notebook/ what brand of coat and satchel did you use?🤔

@chrisworthington1027 4 года назад

Should I introduce myself as Castanza?

@AustinWaring 4 года назад

@@chrisworthington1027 No, introduce yourself as Art Vandelay.

@zakseipel9494 4 года назад

old video and all but I found this and wanted to share. I am starting school (IT not architecture) and take notes on my iPad pro. I have always struggled with my penmanship and it has been practically illegible my whole life. I took your sheets and opened them up and worked through them for 1 week solid just repeatedly doing the letter forms until I could do them quickly. This took my penmanship from illegible to damn near perfect. Thank you for creating this.

@DK-bm5rg 4 года назад

This is why I love RU-vid. This jus popped up in my recommendation for no apparent reason, but this video was so satisfying to watch.

@Leodis.Leather 5 лет назад

I was going to say there's the how but what about the why then I read the history bit in the description, that's interesting thank you

@margaretWestminster Год назад

I really liked your video. I used to be a draftsman, I’m a woman. In the 70’s before computers took over. I loved doing that printing on schematics etc. also the LeRoy lettering instrument.

@iya9137 5 лет назад

I've always been told that I have a handwriting of an architect, and watching this video makes me appreciate the style more. It takes time and so much control for a neat look.

@rogerminost6945 Год назад

Architects in UK train for three years initially for their degree, and I used the notes taken during lectures to gradually change my calligraphy one letter at a time until it became natural. By the end of the second year I had completed the alphabet in upper and lower script.

@hansonwijaya 5 лет назад

i've been following your channel for more than a year, and i always wanted to be like you, i mean when i'm stuck with my studies or maybe feel good about my projects, i liked to watch some of your videos just to keep in mind that i could be better, and with the qualities and how professional the edits, resolutions, and audio it give me the feelings of being there in front of you. you are the best! Keep up what you do, we really appreciate your time and value that you put in to teach us!

@noiurze 5 лет назад

When you're not even an architect. But, still watches.

@builderspluscustomhomesand2146 5 лет назад

Agreed, I'm nothing of an architect but he has still given me a higher standard to take and a path to be on with my clients. I'm learning to actually sketch and draw visuals for clients and so much more. I personally feel like I need to be dealing with higher end SLIGHTLY higher end clients so that I am taken more seriously... as serious as I am studying all of this

@kayaeki 5 лет назад

Lmao I'm a Mechanical engineer having internal combustion engine test and Mechanical measurements test tomorrow. I'm here watching this, JISOO SAVE ME

@bantheundead7745 4 года назад

When you already write this way. But, still watches.

@maryklassen9322 4 года назад

I'm a artist looking to improve my urban sketching & water coloring .....this is very helpful

@glamgsm 4 года назад

agreed, i'm a 11 years old that just love to explore careers

@markrochford7252 5 лет назад

I naturally developed this style in my mid teens, unbeknownst it was even a style until a few minutes ago. It is very accurate and swift way of writing, bullet points and notes especially , also songwriters would find it useful as you can quickly jot down and draft your lyrics in a rhythmic way. Top vid.

@scooter2163 Год назад

Great comment. If a grammar police person drops by they may praise you for your wonderful word choice in unbeknownst, and then tap your wrist with their ruler for not following it properly with 'to me', but I'm not one of those people.

@subliteral Год назад

Great video , it's a bit uncommon to see lettering discussed outside of devoted calligraphy circles! The old Leroy lettering system used to be used in comic books , but later got replaced by hand lettering styles across the board . There's a staggering array of beautifully formed crisp , distinctive & clearly readable styles in this field , all unique to the individual artist. I've hand lettered comics for about 25 years now , and if you're intimidated to start don't be! You can develop clear, legible and consistent work in a reasonably short time with some practice

@livingcolours773 Год назад

Thank you for the encouranging message! What was your initial training before specialising in hand-lettering?

@cathiotirobaf1680 5 дней назад

I've always been attracted to the writing on a blueprint.. beautiful. Thank you for sharing

@MiHiHemi 5 лет назад

For just little nugget of knowledge, Architects were taught to letter/number alike from the old hand drawn documents days. When you sometimes had multiple people working on the same sheet (especially large commercial projects), you wanted similar drawing styles for sheet consistency. Not so much with CAD technology these days although I think us Architects still identify with our hand lettering giving us away. We used to spend hours in class just getting the lettering and numbering down :-)

@tedb.5707 2 года назад

The firm I worked at in the late 1980s we actually had 30-minute lettering drills every morning for several months. The studio manager was of the p r of espionage opinion that EVERYONE should have the same lettering. You should not be able to tell who worked on a particular drawing sheet. Well, things were getting a bit sloppy...

@JuanCristobalZagal Год назад

I had no idea that this style is actually taught to architects ... Wow I've seen it so many times ... As an engineer I really appreciate it, I will try practicing !! Thanks

@ScottyLo 4 года назад

I’ve always loved the simplistic look of architectural lettering and the clarity.

@marymary5494 Год назад

My husband is an architect, I always admired his handwriting, I had no idea all architects use this style.

@sarahdippity 5 лет назад

I’ve been wanting to learn how to write like an architect since I was a teenager!! Thank you for making this tut!!!! Love your channel even though I have no desire to be an architect. I’m a filmmaker.

@mikeking7470 4 года назад

Storyboards, Sarah, are the same thing.

@henryhester1897 5 лет назад

Love this... as a kid my Architect dad would have me make 5 vertical lines (letter size) then 5 horizontal lines, over and over on a blank sheet.

@jigsaw5149 5 лет назад

I was just thinking today about how to fix my bad handwriting! Thank you so much!You always on top!:D

@30by40 5 лет назад

cheers mate...the slower I go, the better mine gets...maybe that'll help you too...

@builderspluscustomhomesand2146 4 года назад

@@30by40 I respect your response but the problem is when it's time to speed up is when things get ugly.. literally lol. I stumbled on that Frank Cheng book at Half price books store yesterday, then thought about your video... now i gotta go back and buy it. Had TONS of goodies in there even for those not remotely trying to be an architect but want to bump up their game in what they do.

@sonykusumasmoro6811 5 лет назад

next: how to design a building like a writer

@GM-wq6kq 4 года назад

As a writer in architecture school, I believe that video would be very interesting 😂😂😂

@lalafunnys 4 года назад

[Shirley Jackson Has Entered The Chat]

@darlnicaise2333 4 года назад

IVE NEVER LAUGHED SO MUCH IN AGES

@davs.ketchup 4 года назад

And here I am, a writer, wondering how to write...like a writer. :(

@bebopkirby Год назад

Mine was going to be ‘l would rather walk like a Egyptian’, but you out witted me big time.

@joshmann2525 5 лет назад

I wish I’d had a teacher like this video in drafting class in 1995. I’m not going to ever be an architect, but there is some human magic in the hand written form. Thanks.

@ioncekilledamanwithmyshoe 5 лет назад

Next up: how to write like a doctor **just scribble all over the paper**

@EnnTomi1 5 лет назад

its the same thing even in my country.!!!! i swear "doctor" is a language.

@filipinoarchmage5793 5 лет назад

Yeah, as if medical terms are not hard enough to read. 😂

@Crtnmn 5 лет назад

Learned that first....

@Crtnmn 5 лет назад

It's known as the language of cya.

@TheDarthvader123 5 лет назад

And then accidentally write a love letter to your mom..!

@elgallito8252 Год назад

As a handwriting aficionado, thank you for creating this video. I have always wanted to learn this type of handwriting. Now, I can! Much appreciated.

@tiklishgirl Год назад

My dad has this type of handwriting, I guess just naturally, and I’ve been obsessed with it my entire life, thanks for this video!! I can finally practice it!!

@bootssarga5485 5 лет назад

That third “s” you made was perfect

@JH-kp2cl 5 лет назад

I agree. The third 'S" was so symmetrical, it is like a work of art.

@simonmou88 5 лет назад

Another great video... A suggestion for a video. I like to see your take on using a tablet, an Ipad with apple pencil, to design with pros and cons. Im considering going digital for my next project, and hopefully it will save some prints, and help me organize my sketches and references.

@AM-lm6dw Год назад

OH WOW! This had been my style of writing ever since, as this is how my parent writes and how they taught me to write. Now it makes all sense because they are both Architects!!! (I'm not joking!!)

@mfanelohlophe1084 5 лет назад

Thank You no lecturer has time to help us with this glad i found your channel for these little nuances that make up the bigger picture.

@30by40 5 лет назад

thanks for the kind words...glad you found it too...!

5 лет назад

Great video. Love your lettering. I’m not an architect, but am want to work on improving my handwriting. Just downloaded your worksheets. Thanks so much!

@jaynocats6066 Год назад

My father wrote like this for as long as I can remember; he went to Pratt and his teacher was Phillip Johnson. Thanks.

@edmontorres7650 5 лет назад

Nice video Eric! Superb!!! Having a good penmanship is a way to show that you are a technical person and it helps me in presenting design to clients.

@ivine.honorato 5 лет назад

One of the best channels about architecture of the wolrd!!!! All videos, even when they're a simple-theme like this one, they're very inspiring. I don't know, maybe it's the song ahahahaha.

@paulm3316 3 года назад

Wow, I had that book when I was a kid! I used to want to be an architect (never ended up happening) and I bought that book and used to practice my writing lol. I spent hours looking through that thing! Blast from the past I need to buy that!

@mozzzietv8307 5 лет назад

I’m going into law but I’ve alway had this love of architectural design. I always strictly write in caps or bold writing and I can draw fairly well. In addition, I’m a quick learner when it comes to drawing techniques.

@josepha.correiaiii8855 5 лет назад

Tech lettering is becoming a lost skill in the age of CADD. But I am amazed and gratified that hand lettering is still being practiced, even if only in school. I learned 50 years ago with Dietzen technical pen and ink set before Cadd was even invented all hand drawing, drafting, and lettering. If you really want a real challenge try it on mylar film stock.

@FkxDD 3 года назад

Thanks because of you we need to write this 10 times 🙂👍

@QUASILLEAUX 5 лет назад

"handwriting is autobiography" beautiful quote... but then... why would you copy somebody handwriting? ;) i'm a sign painter and all my life is dedicated to handwriting and calligraphy, the best advice is... practice, practice, practice... the more you do the best you'll do... after 35+ years of practicing i still practice and often improve again... you need to train your hand to do what your head wants... one tip is, once you have the lines in your hand, do it quick... train to be quicker... it leads to consistancy... (it also can be messy) ^^ another tip is that sometimes errors can leads to unwanted lines ...but beautiful... the hardest thing is then to make that error again, and make it a reflex... i think now i'm gonna like these and subscribe... :D

@wilhelmtaylor9863 3 года назад

The biggest problem I would have with using a Sharpie is that I wouldn't be able to use my electric eraser, erasing shield or eraser dust pads. I learned architectural drafting in high school (1967), and became a mechanical engineer at HP where we did our own drafting (no draftsmen or CAD). I still have many of my old "blue prints" (which have lost their smell of course) from those days. Believe it or not, I did many multiple part drawings on E-size velum using a Mutoh or drafting table. I now use SolidWorks as a consultant and love it but I miss the good old days. I'm still looking for that really good technical font but no success so far. Who doesn't love to cut masking tape into little rectangles?

@fantasieanime 4 года назад

The guidelines as to the generation of the proportions and ordering of the strokes in this lettering style is surprisingly similar to Chinese writing :o

@preranachatterjee2195 5 лет назад

I believe writing with fountain pens greatly improves handwriting. As an architect, I do all drawing, sketching and field notes with fountain pens. Truly speaking, any standard clear caps or non caps handwriting does the job- people interested to develop a handwriting must be encouraged to look up good drawings and illustrations done by greatest early draftsmen, inkers and architects. Above all, our handwritings are our personalities... it's important to have an identity of one's own which certainly a computer keyboard can never offer.

@tedb.5707 2 года назад

Years ago I bought an "Architectural" font that closely resembles my own lettering for my CAD drawings. Spent serious money for it too.

@archtx9 Год назад

When we were 100% on paper, it was common for a few people to work on one sheet. The idea was the sheet would look uniform regardless of the number of folks drafting. The old saying was that it needs to be legible when it’s 25 degrees and blowing 25 mph. Frank Ching’s book is a great book to learn lettering. The comics in the paper were a good source to look at different styles (before computers) Can’t tell you how many times people ask me if I’m an Architect just by my lettering

@missannigoesart 5 лет назад

As a teacher for firstgraders I have to stop watching at the letter B, because of how it is written :x

@flodog877 5 лет назад

Always look forward to your uploads, great work!

@30by40 5 лет назад

thank you my friend...cheers...

@StonesAndSand Год назад

I had been a machinist for nearly 15 years when I went into teaching. After two years of teaching machine shop, I taught drafting. Until that time, all of my drafting lettering experience was mechanical. It was totally liberating trying architectural lettering for the first time. And now, some 25 years later, it's all I use.

@1975KyleDavid Год назад

I've been writing in cursive for the past 40 years, so going back to writing in printing is going backwards for me. Though I've written in printing, in filling out my field tickets--during my years as an independent welder--I am much more comfortable with cursive.

@rocketjuiced Год назад

I'm a former architecture student that switched to graphic design early on (still doing that today thankfully), however, my biggest problem with handwriting in general is I'm a lefty and not only do we smear everything we write, but I have an issue with the "circle back letters" (as I call them) like the G's, the C's, etc as they go against my momentum. I'll have to take some time and give Arch. Lettering a chance.

@harveyjeddmarquez7964 5 лет назад

Thank you for this.. Im not even an architect but im going to study this..i really enjoyed your presentation.. Direct.

@banzaifx4679 Год назад

I wish all of my doctors can write like that !

@is_just_diana 5 лет назад

The slower i write, the better my letter... but sometimes i have to write fast and that's when disaster happens. As you said... practice, practice, practice. Thanks for sharing!!!

@30by40 5 лет назад

Well said!

@ArtemisSilverBow Год назад

Thanks so much for this!

@Genesis-mh3jo 5 лет назад

Excellent Tutorial. Thank you very much .

@roohinakhanum6125 4 года назад

thank you for the worksheet!

@DrAdnan 5 лет назад

I need to get a good all caps type font

@mirakarchitect7945 Год назад

Awesome. Thank you.🙌🏽

@BLWard-ht3qw 5 лет назад

I took a mechanical drawing class as an elective in jr high and have been hooked with printing like this ever since. Lol, little did I know that it would also tap into a then unknown stationary addiction. Notebooks, mechanical pencils and 0.5 mm pens all day, not to mention drafting tools. I kind of regret not having pursued architecture as a college major, but it's all good though. I appreciate the skills the earlier course has instilled in me.

@kelleydrawdy8733 4 года назад

Thank you for this. Great classroom resource for teaching high school interior design class. I LOVE when students fall in love with lettering the way I did in college. Explaining that it still holds value since it "trains the brain" to create new connections intrigues them at first - but they feel "professional" creating architectural lettering. BTW colleges STILL teach it ! I checked. :)

@peaceoutt7339 5 лет назад

Thanks for showing awesome videos as always

@donnawalker3910 5 лет назад

My father was an engineer with a minor in architecture. His handwriting looked just like this! I loved sitting with him at his desk and watching while he was working. One time I got pulled over for speeding and the policeman gave me a warning ticket. I looked at the ticket and asked him if he had taken any engineering or architecture classes at college and he looked at me with surprise and said, yeah, how did you know that? The handwriting, I said.

@Nvr_gt_brd 5 лет назад

Wow😮

@tomshourd2601 Год назад

Brings back lots of memories. I remember having to do pages of lettering for my beginning architecture classes back in the late 70s. I still use the same style. I don't think I ever learned cursive but my lettering has always been understood. Thanks for the memories

@Yorky222 Год назад

Thank you so much for creating this course, my one failing is lettering my sketches. I will use the worksheets to practice. I hand-lettered my Finals exam papers as even I couldn't read my handwriting. I guess the examiners appreciated it as I won the prize!

@grahameanderson6913 Год назад

Well done for winning the prize 😀

@mohmih18 5 лет назад

Man i feel like a first grader 😂, thank you good sir for providing helpful, useful and relaxing content.

@k-studio8112 4 года назад

Damn it. Why don't our teacher in the first grade just taught us this technique instead of the standard one😂

@covachacallejera 5 лет назад

THANKS, I REALLY LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS AND TIPS....CHEERS!!!!!

@AZGT350 4 года назад

I took an entire class is writing back in the early 80’s. I trained with pencil and paper. After CAD came around in the late 80’s, I left the business. 30 years later I’m back at working on computers and drawing sketches.. Crazy..

@vndeguia3049 4 года назад

Thank you 💙

@methodlab07 4 года назад

When I was a teen I wanted to be a comic book artist and do I started writing like this... then came Design school and it became a competition for coolest writing 🤣. To this day I RARELY write in cursive. Thanks for sharing!

@goraidersndodgers 5 лет назад

I remember in HS drafting class a hundred years ago, lettering was like the first 2 weeks of class. We had to practice a few fonts and pick one to use for the rest of the class. Your videos make me want to quit my job and become an architect. Drafting was always my favorite class.

@slytherin5164 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for sharing

@PRwolfram 5 лет назад

now that ive seen this i can accualy feel my doctors feelings when i say : I cant read your letters!

@poope496 Год назад

I have a drafting degree from one of the best drafting programs in the country, and I would have failed every project if I lettered this way. I'm not saying it's wrong here, but training as actual working professionals, we weren't allowed any type of "flair" to our lettering. Everything had to be completely straight and uniform. We would be docked for even the slightest tilt or overlap. The rule that was driven into us was you don't "write" your letters, you draw them.

@danakelissova3122 Год назад

same thing. here our professors wouldn’t accept this style of letters🥲 we literally have to draw every letter one by one and it takes sooo much time to do that. i wish we could use this style though, it seems a lot faster in use

@cliftonmcnalley8469 Год назад

Mechanical Drafting and Architectural drafting are two completely different animals. In high school I took 1-1/2 years of Mechanical drafting and 1/2 year of architectural from the same instructor. He was a stickler for uniformity on Mechanical drawings, but when we moved into Architectural he urged us to develop our own style. I was offered a drafting position straight out of high school at a major federal contractor, however I chose to go to uni. Once out in the real world as a designer, you learn to work as quick and clean as possible. Any professional architecture drawings - prior to Cad - all utilized stylized lettering. Mechanical lettering indicated a lack of creativity on behalf of an architect or designer.

@AitLx 4 года назад

Iam new in architecture, my teacher doesnt want to teach me things like this. This very helpful to me i really thaking you for this ❤️

@chrisemens4022 5 лет назад

Worth mentioning that architects often skip I and O in lettering column grids to avoid confusion with 1 and 0.

@mikeking7470 4 года назад

In engineering design our zeroes were slashed and our "o's" were not. And we wrote a serifed "I" and no serifs on a one.

@BratvaTV 5 лет назад

How to write like an architect: Become an architect This is the first time Ive written the word architect.

@jalmighty6319 5 лет назад

Anybody else thought this is more difficult to understand than regular print?

@warchitect73 5 лет назад

Am architect with lots of experience. Thank you for writing this. its true. all that exaggerated lettering up there only makes it less clear. My mentor (a great architect) was very good at lettering, he sat down and schooled me (this was after I got out of college). and the video's type of "obscuring writing" was a bane for him and his plan sets. Clarity was everything (Especially when lawsuits abound in the architecture world) . When I would ask him a question about style or layout, he would say that word first, "Clarity"...and you had to justify it. Baroque lettering is stupid, and most architects should know this.

@is_just_diana 5 лет назад

Este colega necesita más suscriptores!

@30by40 5 лет назад

cheers my friend...!

@marcusdeimos 5 лет назад

A que si!

@is_just_diana 5 лет назад

@@marcusdeimos ¡Definitivamente!

@litorodriguez7866 5 лет назад

Fiel seguidor!!@@is_just_diana

@is_just_diana 5 лет назад

Yo igual! @@litorodriguez7866 Este es de los canales que me hubiera gustado descubrir desde el inicio de mi carrera Y es de los canales que no entiendo por qué no tiene muchos más seguidores!

@dac4710 5 лет назад

Very good but if you are using a CAD program to write use lowercase if you want people to be able to read the drawings instead of looking pretty. This is because it is easier to read lowercase at a distance which is why motorway signs and books use lowercase.

@egyptian316 5 лет назад

I learned to hand letter way back in 19 and 92. The draftsman who taught my class was an old mechanical draftsman though, so the style was somewhat different. His reasoning for strict adherence to style was a bit more mercenary "All of you are interchangeable. Others will change and finish your drawings, you will change or finish other people's drawings. When nobody can tell your work from anyone else's, that's when you're doing it right." :)

@Mindless.creation Год назад

I had no idea this was architectural writing… this was my writing style in high school

@julesdoty4292 2 года назад

I have not read too far down, so apologies if this has been addressed. As a lefty living in a right-handed world, I envy the ease that righty's have applying these. English goes left to right, so I have to "push" the pen, whereas a righty gets to "pull" the pen most of the time. Same reason that I had to abandon my desire to use fountain pens; I could not apply the correct pressure to the nib to get the ink to flow. I am also a lefty who crooks my hand rather than holding my hand straight and turning the paper. I write in upper case like this a lot and have found a fair measure of success, but many of my horizontal lines have a tiny arc to them if I speed up at all. Oh well. Still love this style of writing, and it was fun to see the link in my inbox today.

@anindyaghosh507 4 года назад

Loved it :) Thanks...

@kevinnoel9024 5 лет назад

Mr.Reinholdt good afternoon. I just viewed your youtube video and must admit it is very good information I received as I'm sure others would have benefitted from your experience. I am not an architect but, an artist who upon discovering the style of handwriting from persons who would have done TD-Technical Drawing in secondary school, I fell in love with it and mimicked anyone I saw using the handwriting style and have been lauded by many females for having such good handwriting for a male. So, Mr.Reinholdt, thank you for sharing your tips.

@hoppybirdy6967 2 года назад

Thank you for making this video and offering the free link to the work sheet! Thank you to that one person on the Dyslexia Reddit who suggested this video for the person wanting to be a dyslexia friendly language teacher! I'm not that person, but I did want to write my friend a handwritten letter that would be a bit more friendly for them.

@30by40 2 года назад

Glad it helped!

@maleknino1091 5 лет назад

Thanks for sharing 👌

@robthewaywardwoodworker9956 4 года назад

Hey Eric, looks like I'm teaching detailing this year at my local college. It is for the interior design group. This will include a fair bit of manual drafting. Would you mind if I shared these resources with my students? Thanks!

@30by40 4 года назад

Absolutely, my only ask is that you link directly to this page to share them as watch time on RU-vid helps me build the channel. Good luck, sounds fun!

@robthewaywardwoodworker9956 4 года назад

@@30by40 You bet!! Thanks a million.

@daveedwardsconsulting6916 5 лет назад

Starting this video with the "Why" would have really helped. Since typing is much faster than handwriting, the "Why" should be mentioned before the "How".

@30by40 5 лет назад

thanks for your feedback...I did consider (and tried an edit like that) but I was afraid it took too long to get to the content that someone would've been searching for if they landed on this video: "how to write like an architect"...so, the video answers the 'how' question first presuming they already had a 'why' in their search...

@30by40 5 лет назад

@@walkern.picker3893 I personally love that we can have both analog + digital tools, they both can have value + meaning in a creative person's life. re: the hand lettered fonts, I'm not a fan of those for digital work, it always seemed sort of silly to try and pretend a drawing was hand lettered when it wasn't...maybe it's the modernist in me...

@santiagomatallana3053 5 лет назад

Agreed.

@JonMichaelDeBona 5 лет назад

Simon Sinek agrees.

@vp3841 5 лет назад

But why?

@DavidFerguson62 5 лет назад

I like the fact that you don't use a triangle and straightedge as crutches.

@30by40 5 лет назад

hi David...I do get a bit sloppy when I try to write fast, but never could get into using a straightedge to letter...way too slow...

@DavidFerguson62 5 лет назад

@@30by40 Another exercise is to do the crossword puzzles in the newspaper.

@30by40 5 лет назад

Fantastic idea...wish I had thought of it...thx for sharing

@juanlopezvillegas1550 4 года назад

It is uncanny how much my mom's writing, who's an architect, resembles this.

@dommer256 5 лет назад

Great video. The templates can also be opened into Goodnotes and you have can practice with an Apple Pencil

@rullsliloan8657 4 года назад

I love everything

@MikeHalk100 4 года назад

On the List of Tutorials _no one_ wants: *How to Write Like A Doctor* . ;)

@petestevens3970 3 года назад

“Handwriting IS autobiography.” Thank you.

@Dazegxod 4 месяца назад

Nice Video. But what is with lowercase letters?

@beamoth Год назад

I had to write “the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog” line after line for pages, to get my hand writing correct, using a Rotring drafting pen.

@victoriaolofsson7229 5 лет назад

Love your videos, but I wonder how you store your sketches on trace paper?

@kazoosc 5 лет назад

I note that the worksheet says 3/16 ( inch ) this happens to be the spacing on Moleskine squared cahiers I have found them to work well with Pilot Uniball Micro ( 0.5mm ) rolling ball pens a Sharpie Ultra Fine point will bleed a bit to the back, especially at the point the tip initially touches paper .. as Moleskines have tear-out pages ( perforated ) at the back, I have taken a few to make guide sheets ( outlining alternate rows of alternate squares ) which can then be used behind blank cahier pages