How do you draw an L in bubble letters?
Pencil a vertical line and a shorter line along the bottom to the right. Outline both with an even thickness, round the top of the stem and the tip of the foot, and give the inside corner a soft curve. Ink the outline and erase the pencil.
- Draw the stem. Pencil a vertical line.
- Add the foot. From the bottom, draw a shorter line to the right, a bit over half the stem height.
- Trace the outside. Go up the left side, round the top, and come down the right side of the stem.
- Curve the inside corner. Turn into the foot with a smooth curve, not a sharp angle.
- Round the foot. Trace out along the foot, cap the tip, and return along the bottom.
What makes an L easy or tricky in bubble letters
The L has no holes and no joins to crowd, so it is a good letter for building confidence. Its tricky part is balance: the top right is empty, which leaves a gap in a word. Tuck the next letter slightly in over the foot so the spacing looks even. A foot that is too long also adds a gap.
Lowercase l in bubble letters
Lowercase l is a single tall pillar, like a capital I with no bars. In bubble form it is a long capsule. Because it looks so plain, it is easy to confuse with a capital I or the number 1, so some people give the bottom a small curve to the right.
Cute, 3D and graffiti bubble L
A cute L can curl its foot up at the tip like a skate. For 3D, the shadow falls along the stem and under the foot, which makes a nice L-shaped block. Graffiti L's often stretch the foot into a long swoosh or arrow.
Common mistakes with a bubble L
- Drawing a sharp inside corner where the stem meets the foot.
- Making the foot so long that it pushes the next letter away.
- Drawing the lowercase l as a thin line instead of a puffy capsule.
Printable bubble letter L to color or trace
Each letter fills a full A4 page (choose "fit to page" to print on US Letter), so it is big enough to color, trace or cut out for a banner. Download the uppercase A–Z PDF, the lowercase a–z PDF or the numbers 0–9 PDF, and print only the pages you need. More sheets are on printable bubble letters.