Standard No.:	TB/T 1.2-1995
English Name:	Lettering and marking of railway cars--Letter and style of calligraphy
Chinese Name:	铁道车辆标记 文字与字体
Chinese Classification:	S50    Railway vehicles in general
Professional Classification:	TB    Professional Standard - Railway Transport
Source Content Issued by:	Ministry of Railways
Issued on:	1995-05-23
Implemented on:	1995-12-1
Status:	valid
Superseding:	GB/T 7703.2-1987 铁道车辆标记 文字与字体
Target Language:	English
File Format:	PDF
Word Count:	1000 words
Translation Price(USD):	100.0
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1 Topic Content and Application Scope This standard specifies the letter and style of calligraphy for lettering and marking of railway cars. It is applicable to railway cars belonging to the Ministry of Railways and also applicable to mining enterprises-owned railway cars sorted and used on railways and military-owned railway cars as well as local railway cars. 2 Content of Letters The letters used in the marking of railway cars include Chinese characters, Chinese Pinyin, Arabic numerals, and measurement unit symbols. 3 Style of Calligraphy and Its Size 3.1 Chinese characters The Chinese characters in the lettering and marking of the railway car shall be in the form of Song-style, and shall be simplified characters officially announced and executed by the State. The character width is approximately 2/3 of its height. The character size is named after the character height (mm). For example, a Chinese character with character height being 40mm is No. 40 character. The size of each size of character shall meet the requirements of Table 1.

1 Topic Content and Application Scope 2 Content of Letters 3 Style of Calligraphy and Its Size 4 Marking Method Additional Description