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
The Ledger The Ledger The Ledger is a daily newspaper serving Lakeland, Florida, and the Polk County area. The paper was founded on August 22, 1924 as the "Lakeland Evening Ledger". In 1927, it bought its main competitor, the morning "Lakeland Star-Telegram". By 1930, it was obvious that Lakeland could not support two papers, so Ledger Publishing Company merged the two papers into a single morning paper, the "Lakeland Ledger and Star-Telegram". In 1941, "Star-Telegram" was dropped from the masthead, and in 1967 the name was shortened to simply "The Ledger". The New York Times Company bought "The Ledger" in 1970 and