Text Height Charts
Imperial Units
Drawing Scale
Factor
3/32" text
1/8" text
3/16" text1/4" text
1/32"=1'-0"
384
36"
48"
72"96"
1/16"=1'-0"
192
18"
24"
36"48"
3/32"=1'-0"
128
12"
16"
24"32"
1/8"=1'-0"
96
9"
12"
18"24"
3/16"=1'-0"
64
6"
8"
12"16"
1/4"=1'-0"
48
4-1/2"
6"
9"12"
3/8"=1'-0"
32
3"
4"
6"8"
1/2"=1'-0"
24
2-1/4"
3"
4-1/2"6"
3/4"=1'-0"
16
1-1/2"
2"
3"4"
1"=1'-0"
12
1-1/8"
1-1/2"
2-1/4"3"
1-1/2"=1'-0"
8
3/4"
1"
1-1/2"2"
3"=1'-0"
4
3/8"
1/2"
3/4"1"
6"=1'-0"
2
3/16"
1/4"
3/8"1/2"
Metric Units
Drawing Scale
Factor
2.0 mm text
2.5 mm text
3.0 mm text
3.5 mm text
6.0 mm text
1=500 mm
500
1000 mm1250 mm
1500 mm
1750 mm3000 mm
1=400 mm
400
800 mm1000 mm
1200 mm
1400 mm2400 mm
1=300 mm
300
600 mm
750 mm
900 mm
1050 mm
1800 mm
1=200 mm
200
400 mm500 mm
600 mm
700 mm1200 mm
1=100 mm
100
200 mm250 mm
300 mm
350 mm600 mm
1=60 mm
60
120 mm150 mm
180 mm
210 mm360 mm
1=50 mm
50
100 mm125 mm
150 mm
175 mm300 mm
1=40 mm
40
80 mm100 mm
120 mm
140 mm240 mm
1=30 mm
30
60 mm75 mm
90 mm
105 mm180 mm
1=20 mm
20
40 mm50 mm
60 mm
70 mm120 mm
1=10 mm
10
20 mm25 mm
30 mm
35 mm60 mm
1=5 mm
5
10 mm12.5 mm
15 mm
17.5 mm30 mm