Lowercase letter · 12 of 26
Lowercase bubble letter l
Lowercase bubble l is one tall fat capsule, round at both ends, taller than the rest of the small letters.
- The font
- Modak. Round, puffed up. Free to use, from the catalogue.
- Step by step
- 1Pencil one stroke reaching capital height.
- 2Swell it to the width of your other stems and close both ends with half circles.
- 3There is no hole: just match its width to the stems nearby.
- 4Grey its right side and foot, and run one long highlight down its left.
- Watch for
- A lone tall stroke is easy to read as a capital I or a 1. Give its foot a small rightward kick if the word needs it.
- Practise with
- lol · love · lime · lucky
01 / In other fonts
l in 4 more fonts
Modak draws the widest l for its height and Bagel Fat One the narrowest.
02 / To colour in
A page to colour
On US Letter the sheet prints the l 122 mm tall and 49 mm wide, 4.8 by 1.9 inches, with about 51 cm² to colour; on A4, 132 by 53 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?
A 3D l needs a strip on its right and a curve under its foot.
How do I stop a bubble l being read as an I?
Make it taller than the capitals, as Modak and Titan One do by about a tenth, or end it with a rightward kick at the foot.
How do you colour a bubble l?
One long stroke from top to foot fills it; stripes across work too.