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.
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!!
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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!!)
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.
Beautifully, clearly, and wisely presented; not a wasted moment. For years I just bungled my way along but now, retired, I want to write like you! And yes, it is autobiographical.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 :-)
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...
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!!!
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." :)
I studied Architecture at The High School of ART & DESIGN in New York for 3 years and the most fun I had was creating the lettering for the various project assignments. Your tutorial was very helpful and brought back good memories.
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
I just have to say thank you , as an aspiring architect I find these videos super helpful on my road to be an architect, I like how you videos are so easy to understand I am 14 now and find them really good so thanks :)
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.
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.
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. :)
@@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.
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.
I thought, when I read the title, that this would be the least interesting of your tutorials...... I was wrong! There is a relaxing zen quality to all your content which is very welcome on this Saturday morning. Thanks, as always.
i have been watching your videos since i was in second year and now im in fourth year and you proabbly ahve no idea how much your videos have helped just break out of my design mind blocks and those ups and VERY occasional down! thank you!!
9:26 There's 2 times the letter R so I guess he's showing variants. And as the author forms the tops of these differently to the method shown earlier in the video, it leads me to conclude there must be some leeway on how to construct letters. When I studied design back in the day, we were taught how to form letters so that they would look printed - a letter O would take four strokes, one for each quarter of the letter. You would also be turning the paper to achieve the different angles. Seemed silly at the time, but I'm glad I took the time to learn it as you can make great lettering.
Well done! Thank you for sharing this mysterious writing style that has intrigued me my entire life. I have unexpectedly found my newest obsession and it feels like Christmas morning in my life! ❤
I’m not an architect at all but I really find your videos inspiring! I’ll keep watching your videos on how to improve my sketching for my woodworking plans and etc!
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!
Thank you i got your worksheet. Writing like an architect sets up the mood and brings discipline to my practice. Even though there are so many machine made merchandise, we still see the hand made ones are the most luxurious items purchased.
I m a student who gonna appear for architecture this year and for me itself is all about model making..lyk my sister she's doing interior nw and she is like on computer things are very easy but for me its been always making models.. thanks for making me sure for what i think its great to have another person having same thought of making models instead of techno work nowdays..i wish to be an architect like you..such an inspiration 😊
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.
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!
I'm surprised you did a piece on this topic, it's so personal. Your style defines who you are and how you think. Bold written types are more forward in thinking . Then again I've spent so much time training for the written part of a plan, that I can relate :)
Over 50 years ago when I was a trainee architectural technician, the first lettering I did was with plastic stencils and pens. I tried different styles of freehand lettering but in the end produced consistent lettering in a rounded style. Years later having just started working at a fairly small practice in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, the senior partner was walking around, he looked at my drawing and told me not to use stencils as they wasted time. I took great delight in telling him that I hadn’t used stencils - it was all freehand annotation. Wish I still had that ability.
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.
Awesome video! In the future I would like to see some more sketch videos. Especially using copic markers. Or different coloring utensils. This is my first year in architecture school and you are a HUGE influence in my life right now. Keep going Eric. Thank you!
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.
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
Seams a lot like comic book dialogue lettering, which makes sense, they often use all caps and big clear arcs to make reading hand printed words at such a small size easier.
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?
First of all... The CUTEST firebox sketch I've ever seen in my life lol. Best to note, when you said lettering for bullet journaling, you had me at hello. :) Thanks for this, Eric!
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.
"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
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.
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!
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".
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...
@@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...
Question since it caught my eye at the 8:35 mark. This is about text justification and leader lines. I personally have always done the way you have shown - I justify my text based on the side my leader is coming from. Leader arrow left - justify text left. Leader arrow on the right, I justify my text right. I think it looks cleaner. But so many others leave the text justified left no matter which side the leader is on. I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on this.
Hey Rob...I'm solidly in your camp...it always looks more tidy to me...you'll have to train the drafts-people you're about to hire your graphic style + technique ;)
I remember as a kid I was always writing in capital letters except for when we were learning to write nice and elegant. I sucked at it because of all the curls and whatnot and I also held my pen in a very weird way, which didn't help when I had to change it up with those lessons. Felt weird holding the pen normally, and I just wanted to write in my own style. Unfortunately the teachers kept insisting I needed to change. So it took some years but when entering high school they didn't complain about it anymore, which made me very happy. And now when I'm in the second year studying to become a architect, seeing this video and remembering al that nonsense, gives me chills, wondering if I would've done the same kind of study ... yeah nah very likely would've but can't imagine working through these study projects with that weird classy handwriting which still makes no sense to me. I mean, really, I'm not wondering why so many people were illiterate in the past. Can't even understand my grandma's handwriting because its so _italic_ it's almost flat, I mean, ____. To be clear I don't have the same writing style as in this video, mine is definitely a lot more loose, jazzy and personal preference takes front and center. For example, I even use some versions of lowercase letters when I see fit, which might be weird but it isn't random. It has to do with the word, the size, the importance, and maybe even coloring. All I know is that my teacher likes it, that it works wel for me and I wouldn't change it for anything, except money. _sweeeet monnay_ Well that was fun. Now back to the grind, I want to write something without keyboard.
I really appreciate your “U”, it’s looks a lot more precise in construction compared to the usual horseshoe. Where was this video when I was in ARCH 101?? As always, great video.
Download the worksheet here: thirtybyforty.com/blog/how-to-write-like-an-architect
Cheers my friends...
Thank you
30X40 Design Workshop can you please make a video about how YOU work on a design?
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gracias por los subtitulos es español
Thanks from China.
My husband is an architect, I always admired his handwriting, I had no idea all architects use this style.
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.
Builders generally hold most architects in low regard.
@@ednorton47 That is true
/takes out notebook/ what brand of coat and satchel did you use?🤔
Should I introduce myself as Castanza?
@@chrisworthington1027 No, introduce yourself as Art Vandelay.
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!!
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
This is why I love TH-cam. This jus popped up in my recommendation for no apparent reason, but this video was so satisfying to watch.
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
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.
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
Thank you for the encouranging message! What was your initial training before specialising in hand-lettering?
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.
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!!)
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.
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
Beautifully, clearly, and wisely presented; not a wasted moment. For years I just bungled my way along but now, retired, I want to write like you! And yes, it is autobiographical.
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!
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!
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.
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.
I am not even an architectural student but I don’t know why I always keep up with the videos. The videos are quite motivated to me getting work done.
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!
Well done for winning the prize 😀
That third “s” you made was perfect
I agree. The third 'S" was so symmetrical, it is like a work of art.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Glad it helped!
Beautiful tutorial, thank you. I'm adopting this writing style as a graphic design student and aspiring comic book artist. Hello from ATX
We spent a year lettering, had to learn how to write again. Has served me well in all forms of communication
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.
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.
Years ago I bought an "Architectural" font that closely resembles my own lettering for my CAD drawings. Spent serious money for it too.
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 :-)
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...
I've always been attracted to the writing on a blueprint.. beautiful. Thank you for sharing
I’ve always loved the simplistic look of architectural lettering and the clarity.
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!!!
Well said!
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." :)
I studied Architecture at The High School of ART & DESIGN in New York for 3 years and the most fun I had was creating the lettering for the various project assignments.
Your tutorial was very helpful and brought back good memories.
When you're not even an architect. But, still watches.
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
Lmao I'm a Mechanical engineer having internal combustion engine test and Mechanical measurements test tomorrow. I'm here watching this, JISOO SAVE ME
When you already write this way. But, still watches.
I'm a artist looking to improve my urban sketching & water coloring .....this is very helpful
agreed, i'm a 11 years old that just love to explore careers
I just have to say thank you , as an aspiring architect I find these videos super helpful on my road to be an architect, I like how you videos are so easy to understand I am 14 now and find them really good so thanks :)
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.
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.
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.
Wow😮
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. :)
I was just thinking today about how to fix my bad handwriting! Thank you so much!You always on top!:D
cheers mate...the slower I go, the better mine gets...maybe that'll help you too...
@@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.
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.
Storyboards, Sarah, are the same thing.
I thought, when I read the title, that this would be the least interesting of your tutorials...... I was wrong!
There is a relaxing zen quality to all your content which is very welcome on this Saturday morning. Thanks, as always.
i have been watching your videos since i was in second year and now im in fourth year and you proabbly ahve no idea how much your videos have helped just break out of my design mind blocks and those ups and VERY occasional down! thank you!!
Great video. The templates can also be opened into Goodnotes and you have can practice with an Apple Pencil
My Goood!! I fixed my penmanship minutes after watching this video. Thankyouuu
9:26 There's 2 times the letter R so I guess he's showing variants. And as the author forms the tops of these differently to the method shown earlier in the video, it leads me to conclude there must be some leeway on how to construct letters. When I studied design back in the day, we were taught how to form letters so that they would look printed - a letter O would take four strokes, one for each quarter of the letter. You would also be turning the paper to achieve the different angles. Seemed silly at the time, but I'm glad I took the time to learn it as you can make great lettering.
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 ❤️
Well done! Thank you for sharing this mysterious writing style that has intrigued me my entire life. I have unexpectedly found my newest obsession and it feels like Christmas morning in my life! ❤
I’m not an architect at all but I really find your videos inspiring! I’ll keep watching your videos on how to improve my sketching for my woodworking plans and etc!
I have seen a lot of lettering thru the years as a landscape designer. You sir have the absolute best hand lettering. Great work.
Este colega necesita más suscriptores!
cheers my friend...!
A que si!
@@marcusdeimos ¡Definitivamente!
Fiel seguidor!!@@is_just_diana
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!
Thank you i got your worksheet. Writing like an architect sets up the mood and brings discipline to my practice.
Even though there are so many machine made merchandise, we still see the hand made ones are the most luxurious items purchased.
I m a student who gonna appear for architecture this year and for me itself is all about model making..lyk my sister she's doing interior nw and she is like on computer things are very easy but for me its been always making models.. thanks for making me sure for what i think its great to have another person having same thought of making models instead of techno work nowdays..i wish to be an architect like you..such an inspiration 😊
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.
I was practising my handwriting for a few months now but I was having trouble with some letters and numbers. This will help me a lot. Thank you.
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.
thanks for the kind words...glad you found it too...!
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!
Love the video, the cinematography and the lettering ❤
It actually came naturally. After only 15 minutes of practice I can write quite nicely!
I'm surprised you did a piece on this topic, it's so personal. Your style defines who you are and how you think. Bold written types are more forward in thinking . Then again I've spent so much time training for the written part of a plan, that I can relate :)
Over 50 years ago when I was a trainee architectural technician, the first lettering I did was with plastic stencils and pens. I tried different styles of freehand lettering but in the end produced consistent lettering in a rounded style. Years later having just started working at a fairly small practice in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, the senior partner was walking around, he looked at my drawing and told me not to use stencils as they wasted time. I took great delight in telling him that I hadn’t used stencils - it was all freehand annotation. Wish I still had that ability.
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.
Love this. This is as appropriate for engineers as it is architects.
Awesome video!
In the future I would like to see some more sketch videos. Especially using copic markers. Or different coloring utensils.
This is my first year in architecture school and you are a HUGE influence in my life right now. Keep going Eric.
Thank you!
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.
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
kazoosc GENIUS THANK YOU!
I had no idea there was a reason my grandfather writes the way he does but now it makes perfect sense. Thank you for teaching me something!
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.
In the beginning I used a small triangle along my parallel bar to get the crisp vertical lines. I really loved lettering,,, still do
Seams a lot like comic book dialogue lettering, which makes sense, they often use all caps and big clear arcs to make reading hand printed words at such a small size easier.
My father wrote like this for as long as I can remember; he went to Pratt and his teacher was Phillip Johnson. Thanks.
ah, hand lettering. That class was a nightmare, but now I'm thankful and love being able to write in city blueprint font.
So many thanks for all, your videos impulse me to be better on my work flow and professional architect.
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?
This is so cool. Never thought Archi had a certain penmanship they had to follow..
you are great architect and person thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and the worksheets
next: how to design a building like a writer
As a writer in architecture school, I believe that video would be very interesting 😂😂😂
[Shirley Jackson Has Entered The Chat]
IVE NEVER LAUGHED SO MUCH IN AGES
And here I am, a writer, wondering how to write...like a writer. :(
Mine was going to be ‘l would rather walk like a Egyptian’, but you out witted me big time.
First of all... The CUTEST firebox sketch I've ever seen in my life lol. Best to note, when you said lettering for bullet journaling, you had me at hello. :)
Thanks for this, Eric!
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.
"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
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.
Thank you for sharing knowledge in such a professional way. I don't have an international credit card. Is there another way to download the worksheet?
Amazing! This video is exactly what i was looking for.
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!
Works like a charm to teach kids to write legibly!
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".
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...
@@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...
Agreed.
Simon Sinek agrees.
But why?
Hay que compartir su canal para que tenga mas seguidores! Es de lo mejor que veo de arquietctura!
You can help me by liking + sharing...thank you!
Thanks because of you we need to write this 10 times 🙂👍
Question since it caught my eye at the 8:35 mark. This is about text justification and leader lines. I personally have always done the way you have shown - I justify my text based on the side my leader is coming from. Leader arrow left - justify text left. Leader arrow on the right, I justify my text right. I think it looks cleaner. But so many others leave the text justified left no matter which side the leader is on. I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on this.
Hey Rob...I'm solidly in your camp...it always looks more tidy to me...you'll have to train the drafts-people you're about to hire your graphic style + technique
;)
I remember as a kid I was always writing in capital letters except for when we were learning to write nice and elegant. I sucked at it because of all the curls and whatnot and I also held my pen in a very weird way, which didn't help when I had to change it up with those lessons. Felt weird holding the pen normally, and I just wanted to write in my own style. Unfortunately the teachers kept insisting I needed to change.
So it took some years but when entering high school they didn't complain about it anymore, which made me very happy. And now when I'm in the second year studying to become a architect, seeing this video and remembering al that nonsense, gives me chills, wondering if I would've done the same kind of study ...
yeah nah very likely would've but can't imagine working through these study projects with that weird classy handwriting which still makes no sense to me. I mean, really, I'm not wondering why so many people were illiterate in the past. Can't even understand my grandma's handwriting because its so _italic_ it's almost flat, I mean, ____.
To be clear I don't have the same writing style as in this video, mine is definitely a lot more loose, jazzy and personal preference takes front and center. For example, I even use some versions of lowercase letters when I see fit, which might be weird but it isn't random. It has to do with the word, the size, the importance, and maybe even coloring. All I know is that my teacher likes it, that it works wel for me and I wouldn't change it for anything, except money.
_sweeeet monnay_
Well that was fun. Now back to the grind, I want to write something without keyboard.
What fonts do you prefer to use? I do like the content.
So I love this video and learned that I should've followed my architect's dream as a teen since I already write in architect.
I really appreciate your “U”, it’s looks a lot more precise in construction compared to the usual horseshoe. Where was this video when I was in ARCH 101?? As always, great video.
Always look forward to your uploads, great work!
thank you my friend...cheers...