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Text Heights

This document provides a conversion chart for determining text heights at different drawing scales in both imperial and metric units. For imperial units, it lists common drawing scales in fractions of an inch along with the corresponding factor and text height for various text sizes ranging from 3/32" to 1/4". For metric units, it lists common scale ratios from 1:500 to 1:5 along with the corresponding factor and text heights for text sizes from 2.0 mm to 6.0 mm. The chart allows users to determine the appropriate text size for a given drawing scale.

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Text Heights

This document provides a conversion chart for determining text heights at different drawing scales in both imperial and metric units. For imperial units, it lists common drawing scales in fractions of an inch along with the corresponding factor and text height for various text sizes ranging from 3/32" to 1/4". For metric units, it lists common scale ratios from 1:500 to 1:5 along with the corresponding factor and text heights for text sizes from 2.0 mm to 6.0 mm. The chart allows users to determine the appropriate text size for a given drawing scale.

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Hiren Patel
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Text Height Charts


Imperial Units
Drawing Scale
1/32"=1'-0"
1/16"=1'-0"
3/32"=1'-0"
1/8"=1'-0"
3/16"=1'-0"
1/4"=1'-0"
3/8"=1'-0"
1/2"=1'-0"
3/4"=1'-0"
1"=1'-0"
1-1/2"=1'-0"
3"=1'-0"
6"=1'-0"

Factor
384
192
128
96
64
48
32
24
16
12
8
4
2

3/32" text
36"
18"
12"
9"
6"
4-1/2"
3"
2-1/4"
1-1/2"
1-1/8"
3/4"
3/8"
3/16"

1/8" text
48"
24"
16"
12"
8"
6"
4"
3"
2"
1-1/2"
1"
1/2"
1/4"

3/16" text
72"
36"
24"
18"
12"
9"
6"
4-1/2"
3"
2-1/4"
1-1/2"
3/4"
3/8"

1/4" text
96"
48"
32"
24"
16"
12"
8"
6"
4"
3"
2"
1"
1/2"

Metric Units
Drawing Scale

Factor

1=500 mm
1=400 mm
1=300 mm
1=200 mm
1=100 mm
1=60 mm
1=50 mm
1=40 mm
1=30 mm
1=20 mm
1=10 mm
1=5 mm

500
400
300
200
100
60
50
40
30
20
10
5

2.0 mm
text
1000 mm
800 mm
600 mm
400 mm
200 mm
120 mm
100 mm
80 mm
60 mm
40 mm
20 mm
10 mm

2.5 mm
text
1250 mm
1000 mm
750 mm
500 mm
250 mm
150 mm
125 mm
100 mm
75 mm
50 mm
25 mm
12.5 mm

3.0 mm
text
1500 mm
1200 mm
900 mm
600 mm
300 mm
180 mm
150 mm
120 mm
90 mm
60 mm
30 mm
15 mm

3.5 mm
text
1750 mm
1400 mm
1050 mm
700 mm
350 mm
210 mm
175 mm
140 mm
105 mm
70 mm
35 mm
17.5 mm

6.0 mm
text
3000 mm
2400 mm
1800 mm
1200 mm
600 mm
360 mm
300 mm
240 mm
180 mm
120 mm
60 mm
30 mm

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7/4/2013

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