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Bubble letter F
Bubble F has two fat arms off the top half of a straight back, the lower arm shorter, and a stem that ends in a plain round foot.
- The font
- Modak. Round, puffed up. Free to use, from the catalogue.
- Step by step
- 1Pencil a line down with a long arm across its top and a shorter one just above the middle.
- 2Swell the strokes to one thickness, rounding the end of each arm and the foot.
- 3Leave the gap between the arms open to the right, and the space under the lower arm empty.
- 4Shade beneath both arms and the stem below them on its right, with a light streak along the top arm.
- Watch for
- An F with arms of one length looks like an E with a missing foot. Keep the lower arm clearly shorter, and stop it above halfway.
- Mixed up with
Add a bottom arm and a bubble F becomes an E; curl the lower arm back to the stem and it is a P.
- Practise with
- Friends · Fun · Freya · Fab
01 / In other fonts
F in 4 more fonts
Rubik Bubbles draws the widest F for its height and Titan One the narrowest.
02 / To colour in
A page to colour
On US Letter the sheet prints the F 131 mm tall and 110 mm wide, 5.2 by 4.3 inches, with about 112 cm² to colour; on A4, 127 by 106 mm. The alphabet sheets print A to Z or your own name.
One page: the F big and hollow in Modak to colour in, and the same F 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 F, 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 F?
Its depth sits under the top arm, inside the gap, under the lower arm and down the stem to the foot.
What makes a bubble F look unbalanced?
All its weight is at the top, with nothing on the right of the foot. Make the stem a touch thicker than the arms, so the F stands on it.
How do you colour a bubble F?
The empty space under the lower arm is part of the letter: colour the background there too, or the F looks like a P with a hole.