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Bubble letter C

Bubble C is a fat ring with a mouth cut out on the right, both ends of the ring rounded off like the ends of a sausage.

C
Bubble letter C in Modak, on lines at the font’s cap height, x-height, baseline and descender
The font
Modak. Round, puffed up. Free to use, from the catalogue.
Step by step
  1. 1Begin with three quarters of a circle, open on the right.
  2. 2Inflate the curve to an even thickness and cap each end with a half circle rather than a straight cut.
  3. 3Hold the mouth on the right open as wide as the stroke is thick, so it survives once the ends swell.
  4. 4Put grey inside the curve near the top and outside it along the lower right, plus a glint high on the ring’s left.
Watch for
The usual mistake is a mouth that shuts as the ends swell, which leaves an O. Draw the thin C more open than looks right, about a third of the circle missing.
Mixed up with

With its mouth closed a bubble C is an O, and with a bar at the lower end it becomes a G.

Practise with
Cool · Candy · Chloe · Congrats

Print a sheet for C →Lowercase c

01 / In other fonts

C in 4 more fonts

Coiny draws the widest C for its height and Titan One the narrowest.

02 / To colour in

A page to colour

On US Letter the sheet prints the C 135 mm tall and 123 mm wide, 5.3 by 4.9 inches, with about 130 cm² to colour; on A4, 131 by 119 mm. The alphabet sheets print A to Z or your own name.

One page: the C big and hollow in Modak to colour in, and the same C in the other fonts under it. Crayons, markers or paint; or trace it.

Paper

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 C, 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 C?

For depth on a C, thicken the bottom of the ring and both rounded ends, and inside the mouth the underside of the upper end.

How wide should the mouth of a bubble C be?

At least as wide as the stroke is thick. Measure it on the pencil skeleton before you outline: the outline eats into the mouth from both ends.

How do you colour a bubble C?

The C is one fat curve with no hole, the easiest letter to fill; a rainbow follows the curve well, one colour band at a time from end to end.