Figure l.-A simple method of proportioning your original illustration. 



In preparing art for publications having smaller page size, 

 as the Research Reports and many Circulars, the original 

 work should be no larger than 14by 22 inches and preferably 

 no larger than about 10 by 14 inches. As a rule, then, the 

 drawing should be drafted about twice the size of the printed 

 figure to give the draftsman a greater selection of line 

 weights and lettering sizes. The line weights and lettering 

 sizes must be large enough to stand the reduction to publica- 

 tion scale. 



Your illustration should have the correct proportions 

 to reduce to the size required by the format of the printed 

 publication. The following four steps will help you proportion 

 your drawings to page size (see also fig. 1): 



