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Bubble letter A
A bubble A is a fat tent with a round top: two legs that lean in until they almost touch, a short bar, and above it a hole squeezed to a small triangle.
- The font
- Modak. Round, puffed up. Free to use, from the catalogue.
- Step by step
- 1Pencil two slants that meet at the top, joined by a bar a little below halfway.
- 2Wrap a fat outline round that skeleton, the same gap all the way, so the peak swells into a dome and each foot ends in a round toe.
- 3Keep the triangle above the bar white, however small, and let the gap under the bar end in an arch.
- 4Darken the outer edge of the right leg, the underside of the bar and both soles, and leave a white curve on the left of the dome.
- Watch for
- Legs drawn too fat close the hole, and a sharp peak turns the A into a triangle with feet. Start the two slants a little apart at the bottom, and round the top before anything else.
- Mixed up with
Stand the legs upright and flatten the top, and a bubble A passes for an H with its top notch filled in.
- Practise with
- Amazing · Art · Ava · Aloha
01 / In other fonts
A in 4 more fonts
Coiny keeps the biggest hole in its A, 24% of the letter’s height across, and Modak the smallest, a slit of 4%. Titan One draws the widest A for its height and Coiny the narrowest.
02 / To colour in
A page to colour
On US Letter the sheet prints the A 133 mm tall and 133 mm wide, 5.2 by 5.2 inches, with about 134 cm² to colour, its hole about 6 mm across; on A4, 129 by 129 mm. The alphabet sheets print A to Z or your own name.
One page: the A big and hollow in Modak to colour in, and the same A in the other fonts under it. Crayons, markers or paint; or trace it.
In the print dialog choose Save as PDF to keep a file. The sheet fills one page of US Letter at full size.
Preview · 1 page · Modak
03 / Questions
Bubble A, answered
A 3D bubble letter is its outline drawn twice, the copy a little down and to the right, the corners joined.
Where does the depth go on a 3D bubble A?
Copy the outline a little down and to the right and join the two at the toes and the dome. On an A the extra edge falls down the right leg, under the bar inside the arch and below both feet, with a sliver in the triangle’s upper left corner.
Why does my bubble A look like a tooth?
Because its hole has closed: a round crown on two short roots is all that is left. Open a small triangle above the bar again, or draw the legs thinner so the hole has room.
How do you colour a bubble A?
Colour the little triangle first with a fine tip; then two colours split cleanly at the bar, one for the dome and one for the legs.