Capital letter · 16 of 26
Bubble letter P
Bubble P has one round bump at the top of a straight back, its small hole inside the bump, and the stem running on alone below.
- The font
- Modak. Round, puffed up. Free to use, from the catalogue.
- Step by step
- 1Sketch a line down and a bump that leaves its top and returns a little below halfway.
- 2Swell the stem and the bump evenly, rounding the foot and the top corner.
- 3Keep the hole in the bump, however small, and a dent where the bump returns to the stem.
- 4Grey the bump’s curve on the right and the stem’s right edge below it, with a glint high on the back’s left.
- Watch for
- A bump that reaches the baseline makes a D, and one that stops too high leaves a lollipop. Close the bump just below the middle.
- Mixed up with
With a leg kicking out under the bump a bubble P is an R, with a second bump a B, and with its bump stretched to the baseline a D.
- Practise with
- Party · Pizza · Peace · Poppy
01 / In other fonts
P in 4 more fonts
Bagel Fat One keeps the biggest hole in its P, 21% of the letter’s height across, and Modak the smallest, a slit of 5%. Titan One draws the widest P for its height and Bagel Fat One the narrowest.
02 / To colour in
A page to colour
On US Letter the sheet prints the P 134 mm tall and 118 mm wide, 5.3 by 4.7 inches, with about 123 cm² to colour, its hole about 6 mm across; on A4, 130 by 115 mm. The alphabet sheets print A to Z or your own name.
One page: the P big and hollow in Modak to colour in, and the same P 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 P, 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 P?
On a P the extra edge curves around the bump, tucks under it into the notch and drops down the stem to its foot.
My bubble P looks like a D: what went wrong?
Its bump has grown all the way to the baseline. Stop the bump at the middle and let the stem go on alone below it: that lone stem is what makes a P.
How do you colour a bubble P?
Two areas to fill, the bump and the stem; the hole is small, so colour round it first and keep it white.