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Draw Your Own Bubble Letters
A Vector Drawing Tutorial using Paint Shop Pro X

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Tutorial © Copyright Arizona Kate

With this 'Creative Lettering' tutorial we'll be drawing our own letters instead of using a font. The 'bubble letter' shapes we'll be creating are all pretty simple to create using the vector tools in Paint Shop Pro. There are many fun uses for these fat, stylized letter shapes and it's also very good node editing practice! Get Started...

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Sample of bubble letters used to frame photos Create Your Own Bubble Letter Photo Frames & CutoutsSample of letters A thru F Basic Vector Tools Create These Large, Chubby Letters Vector Property dialog boxChanging Properties & Naming Layers Draw ellipse, push up bottom node and adjust handles The Letter A
A shape with circle shape subtractedAdd Center Hole to Letter A Set grid size to match desired finished letter sizeUse Grid to Make All Letters Same SizeFirst 4 steps to create B starting with ellipseLearn How to Add a Node Completed letter BAdding 'Holes' to B Shape
3 steps to shaping C The Letter C 4 steps to create letter D The Letter D Finished E has 7 nodes and F has 6 nodesThe Letters E and FNode placement for letters G thru ZThe Remaining Alphabet
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