Engineering drawing drawing on A3 may be enlarged to A2 or reduced to A4. The U.S. customary "A-size" corresponds to "letter" size, and "B-size" corresponds to "ledger" or "tabloid" size. There were also once British paper sizes, which went by names rather than alphanumeric designations. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) ANSI/ASME Y14.1, Y14.2, Y14.3, and Y14.5 are commonly referenced standards in the U.S. Technical lettering is the process of forming letters, numerals, and other characters in technical drawing. It is used to describe, or provide detailed specifications for an object. With the goals of legibility and uniformity, styles are standardized and
Ledger Syndicate was a key contributor to the burgeoning comic book industry, with many of the company's strips published in both the seminal "Funnies on Parade", and what popular culture historians consider the first true American comic book, "Famous Funnies". For whatever reason, the Ledger Syndicate favored comic strips with alliterative titles, including "Babe Bunting", "Daffy Demonstrations", "Deb Days", "Dizzy Dramas", "Hairbreadth Harry", "Modish Mitzi", and "Somebody's Stenog". The Public Ledger Syndicate was founded in 1915 by "Public Ledger" publisher Cyrus H. K. Curtis, The first big comic strip success was A. E. Hayward's "Somebody's Stenog", launched in late 1918. The Syndicate