Bubble Writing

Bubble writing (also called bubble lettering) is drawing letters so they look round and puffy, like balloons. Follow these steps, or use the generator below to get a perfect guide you can trace.

How to do bubble writing, step by step

1. Write your word lightly in pencil. Use simple capital letters and leave a finger-width gap between them, because bubble letters grow.
2. Draw a rounded outline around each letter. Keep the same distance all the way round and turn every corner into a curve.
3. Shrink the holes. Keep the insides of A, B, D, O, P and R small and round. Small holes make bubble lettering look puffier.
4. Let the letters touch. Overlap neighbours slightly and erase the lines where they cross, so the word looks like one squished bubble.
5. Erase the pencil and ink the outline with a black marker in one smooth stroke where you can.
6. Add a shadow and a shine. Thicken the bottom-right edge for a 3D shadow, and leave a small white highlight on each letter.

Tip: print a word from the generator and trace it a few times. After 3 or 4 tries your hand learns the shapes and you can do bubble lettering freehand.

Make a bubble lettering guide to trace

Bubble lettering mistakes to avoid

• Letters too far apart, which makes the word look like separate balloons.
• Big holes in A, O and P, which make letters look thin instead of puffy.
• Sharp corners. Every corner of bubble lettering should be round.
• Uneven outline width. Keep the gap between pencil and outline the same everywhere.

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