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

@what_the_grain4034

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@janversteegen8883

5 жыл бұрын

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

@AloShotija

5 жыл бұрын

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

@danielchoque9318

5 жыл бұрын

Gracias por los subtitulos es español

@patrickstarr9363

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks from China.

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 жыл бұрын

Builders generally hold most architects in low regard.

@robs5252

5 жыл бұрын

@@ednorton47 That is true

@vp3841

5 жыл бұрын

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

@chrisworthington1027

4 жыл бұрын

Should I introduce myself as Castanza?

@AustinWaring

4 жыл бұрын

@@chrisworthington1027 No, introduce yourself as Art Vandelay.

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

@EnnTomi1

5 жыл бұрын

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

@filipinoarchmage5793

5 жыл бұрын

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

@Crtnmn

5 жыл бұрын

Learned that first....

@Crtnmn

5 жыл бұрын

It's known as the language of cya.

@TheDarthvader123

5 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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.

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.

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

@builderspluscustomhomesand2146

5 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

@maryklassen9322

4 жыл бұрын

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

@glamgsm

3 жыл бұрын

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

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!!

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

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

9 ай бұрын

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

That third “s” you made was perfect

@JH-kp2cl

4 жыл бұрын

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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

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

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.

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'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!

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 always loved the simplistic look of architectural lettering and the clarity.

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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.

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.

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.

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.

We spent a year lettering, had to learn how to write again. Has served me well in all forms of communication

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.

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 жыл бұрын

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 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.

@tedb.5707

2 жыл бұрын

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Жыл бұрын

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.

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!!

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 жыл бұрын

Well said!

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!

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!

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! ❤

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

@30by40

5 жыл бұрын

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

@builderspluscustomhomesand2146

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

Beautiful tutorial, thank you. I'm adopting this writing style as a graphic design student and aspiring comic book artist. Hello from ATX

So many thanks for all, your videos impulse me to be better on my work flow and professional architect.

Love the video, the cinematography and the lettering ❤

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 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.

next: how to design a building like a writer

@GM-wq6kq

4 жыл бұрын

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

@lalafunnys

4 жыл бұрын

[Shirley Jackson Has Entered The Chat]

@darlnicaise2333

3 жыл бұрын

IVE NEVER LAUGHED SO MUCH IN AGES

@davs.ketchup

3 жыл бұрын

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

@bebopkirby

Жыл бұрын

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

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 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’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!

Amazing! This video is exactly what i was looking for.

A beautiful presentation! thank you!

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 жыл бұрын

Storyboards, Sarah, are the same thing.

Thank you for the very useful information. So nicely done!

Excellent Tutorial. Thank you very much .

My Goood!! I fixed my penmanship minutes after watching this video. Thankyouuu

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

Жыл бұрын

Well done for winning the prize 😀

Awesome I was just thinking of this trying to improve note taking thanks Eric 👍🏼

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.

@roseanneameril3548

5 жыл бұрын

Wow😮

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 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.

Been looking for a guide like this for while. Thanks!

@30by40

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck with it Ian...!

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.

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 :)

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.

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 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

Awesome. Thank you.🙌🏽

you are great architect and person thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and the worksheets

Love this. This is as appropriate for engineers as it is architects.

Thanks so much for this!

thank you for the worksheet!

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 ❤️

Stumbled upon your channel today. Absolutely stunning content and presentation. Thank you. Instant subscribe.

Always look forward to your uploads, great work!

@30by40

5 жыл бұрын

thank you my friend...cheers...

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 жыл бұрын

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

Thanks a million! Love your videos!

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 😊

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

Works like a charm to teach kids to write legibly!

Thanks for showing awesome videos as always

Great stuff ! Thanks for this !

thank u soooooooooooo much i love watching your videos

It actually came naturally. After only 15 minutes of practice I can write quite nicely!

This is great! Thank you!

Great style. Actually we have the same handwriting pattern & technique. We're in same profession and love all your works! Thanks for sharing.

Amazing. Thanks.

Thank you so much for sharing

Wonderful video!

ah, hand lettering. That class was a nightmare, but now I'm thankful and love being able to write in city blueprint font.

love your videos, man!

Thank you this helped

Excelente vídeo, gracias por el aporte y por los subtítulos. 👍

This was awesome, thanks!

Amazing videos, I love it. ✨

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!

@30by40

5 жыл бұрын

cheers my friend...!

@markkatsdesign

5 жыл бұрын

A que si!

@is_just_diana

5 жыл бұрын

@@markkatsdesign ¡Definitivamente!

@litorodriguez7866

5 жыл бұрын

Fiel seguidor!!@@is_just_diana

@is_just_diana

5 жыл бұрын

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!

Awesome video as always, huge thanks for sharing !

@30by40

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend...without you watching, none of this works! appreciate you...