This is true, but who draws a real D or E size drawing anymore?
Although you may use that format on your computer terminal and
utilize the "official" symbol and text size, it's when you send that
drawing to the printer that you run into the trouble mentioned in
previous emails.  We generally utilize the D and E formats, then
print them at C size so as to be able to read the text.  When
sending this to a B size laser printer, the text was illegible, not
only for us old guys with bifoculs, but the newbie engineers too.
They come crying back to us asking for a larger print.  They are
the people we make the prints for (troubleshooting or whatever)
and it's our job to make their job easier while still staying within
the constrains or requirements we are dictated by.

O.K., I'll step off my soapbox before somebody kicks it out from
under me.

Larry Campbell
Supervisor, PWB
BFGoodrich, Avionics Systems

>There are "official" publications for text and symbol size, etc. for
>a specific size
>document. Once text height is determined, the symbol can be
>sized
>accordingly.  Refer to ANSI Y32.14  (IEEE Standard Graphic
>Symbols) and
>ANSI Y14.2 (Line/Letter Convention) for details.

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