Capital letter · 12 of 26
Bubble letter L
Bubble L is a fat post with a short foot to the right, its inside corner rounded so the outline runs as one curve.
- The font
- Modak. Round, puffed up. Free to use, from the catalogue.
- Step by step
- 1Pencil a line down and a short foot running right from its base.
- 2Puff it out evenly, with round ends on the top and on the foot.
- 3Round the inside corner too, where the foot leaves the post: a sharp corner looks pinched in a fat letter.
- 4Darken the post’s right edge down to the foot and the whole underside of the foot, leaving a light spot at the top.
- Watch for
- A foot that is too short leaves a lone post that reads as an I. Make the foot at least half as long as the post is tall.
- Mixed up with
With a very short foot a bubble L reads as an I; turned over, it is a J without its curl.
- Practise with
- Love · Lily · Lucky · Lemon
01 / In other fonts
L in 4 more fonts
Rubik Bubbles draws the widest L for its height and Titan One the narrowest.
02 / To colour in
A page to colour
On US Letter the sheet prints the L 131 mm tall and 104 mm wide, 5.2 by 4.1 inches, with about 93 cm² to colour; on A4, 127 by 100 mm. The alphabet sheets print A to Z or your own name.
One page: the L big and hollow in Modak to colour in, and the same L 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 L, 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 L?
Give an L depth down the post as far as the foot, then along the foot’s underside and round its tip.
Should the foot of a bubble L be as fat as its post?
As fat, or only a little thinner. A thin foot under a fat post looks borrowed from another alphabet, and the foot is what the next letter tucks in against.
How do you colour a bubble L?
After I, the easiest to fill: colour the post down and turn into the foot without lifting, so the corner stays one colour.