Standard No.:	TB/T 1.2-1995
Chinese Name:	铁道车辆标记 文字与字体
English Name:	Lettering and marking of railway cars--Letter and style of calligraphy
Professional Classification:	S50 Railway vehicles in general
Professional Classification:	TB Professional Standard - Railway Transport
ICS Classification:	45.060
Issued by:
Issued on:	1995-05-23
Implemented on:	1995-12-01
Status:	VALID
Target Language:	English
File Format:	PDF
Word Count:	1500 words
Translation Price:	45 (USD)
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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.