A precise and disciplined script like the Cyanotype engineering font will let creative architects and engineers design formal graphics to the highpoint. Simply put, the smart text overlay for highlighting book illustrations, label diagrams, and technical designs is just possible through this hand-drawing font despite its disordered letterform proportions.
Note of Designer
Architects and engineers use a particular, very regimented script for formal drawings. This is for legibility purposes and is known as Draftsman’s Hand, Engineer’s Hand, or Architect’s Hand. The same script is often used in pre-1950’s book illustrations, when they were all done by hand. This font attempts to replicate one such example, from a set of blueprints (or cyanotypes) made by the British War Office during World War I. The letter sizes are a bit irregular, but this font is still an excellent choice to label diagrams and technical blueprints for that hand-drawn, 1950’s look.
