What is Bubble Maker?

Bubble Maker is a free browser-based comic lettering tool for creating speech bubbles, captions, comic SFX, and complete multi-page lettering projects.

Is Bubble Maker free?

Yes. Bubble Maker is free to use in your browser. You can letter comics and export PNG, SVG, or PDF without creating an account. Optional Bubble Maker Pro adds cloud storage and sync.

What does Bubble Maker Pro include?

Bubble Maker Pro includes 3 GB of cloud storage, automatic sync, Saved Styles, synced fonts and reference art, and cloud recovery. All Bubble Maker creation tools remain free.

Can I add shadows to bubbles?

Yes. Speech, thought, shout, and caption objects have a Shadow section in the inspector. Adjust color, opacity, offset, and blur. Set Blur to 0 for a crisp comic-style shadow. Connect to Bubble fills the space between an offset shadow and the bubble, creating a solid comic-style extrusion. Linked speech connectors use the same shadow. Shadows are a free editor feature.

Can I use Bubble Maker for full comic pages?

Yes. Import comic pages or PDFs, add lettering across multiple pages, preview your comic, and export finished pages.

Can I preview my comic like a reader?

Yes. Open Comic Preview to hide editor controls and flip through your pages like a reader. Use Previous and Next, keyboard arrows, page edges, or a swipe.

Yes. Import a PDF from the page bar or Reference. Each PDF page becomes its own Bubble Maker page for lettering.

Can I export a full comic as PDF?

Yes. Choose PDF in Export to download the current page, selected pages, or the whole project as one PDF file. You can set quality, page size, optional page numbers, and a custom filename.

Can I add explosions, cracks, and other comic effects?

Yes. Basic Shape includes rectangles, lines, arrows, and triangles. Adv. Shape adds Simple Explosion, Adv. Explosion, and Crack. The Effects tool adds radial speed lines, directional lines, focus bursts, and motion streaks. Pattern Creator adds comic-ready halftones, hatching, grids, and other editable fill patterns. Vignette / Shadow adds soft lighting and depth effects you can place, resize, and export like any other object.

Can I give bubbles and shapes a sketch look?

Yes. Sketch overlay is available on speech, thought, shout, captions, text boxes, basic shapes, simple explosions, and cracks. Adv. Explosion keeps its own detailed sketch controls.

Can I use custom fonts?

Yes. Import supported font files from your device. Custom fonts stay on this device and remain free to use. Bubble Maker Pro can sync them across your devices. Bubble Maker also includes bundled comic-friendly fonts.

Can I preview fonts before I choose one?

Yes. The font picker shows a real preview of Bubble Maker Fonts, System Fonts, and imported fonts. Search by name, and recently used fonts stay nearby.

Can I adjust letter spacing and line spacing?

Yes. Text Boxes include Line Spacing, Letter Spacing, Vertical Alignment, and Rotation in the inspector. These controls are for Text Boxes only.

Can I format only part of a sentence?

Yes. Click into a bubble or text box, highlight text, then apply bold, italic, or underline to that range, or delete and retype it.

Can I shrink a bubble to fit the lettering?

Yes. Double-click a corner handle on a bubble, caption, or text box to fit the box around the text.

What are Safe Area and Bleed guides?

Optional page guides help keep important lettering away from trim edges while you work. They never appear in PNG, SVG, or PDF export, and they stay hidden in Comic Preview.

Does Bubble Maker work on tablets?

Yes. Bubble Maker runs in a modern browser, including on many tablets. Touch Controls in Help enlarge handles for touchscreens.

Do I need to install anything?

No. Open Bubble Maker in a modern browser and start lettering. Nothing to download or install.

Bubble Maker — Free Comic Lettering & Speech Bubble Tool

Getting Started

Add an item from the left toolbar.
Click an object to select it.
Use the right inspector to change its appearance.
Drag objects on the canvas to position them.
Use corner handles to resize and the rotation handle to rotate.
Export when finished.

Touch Controls

Touch Controls enlarge interactive handles and controls to make Bubble Maker easier to use on tablets and touchscreens.

Install Bubble Maker

On iPhone or iPad, you can add Bubble Maker to your Home Screen for a more app-like experience.

Open Bubble Maker in Safari.
Tap the Share button.
Choose Add to Home Screen.
Tap Add.

Pages

Use the Pages tray under the canvas to letter a multi-page comic in one project.

Import page images or a PDF from the + menu, or choose a PDF from Reference. Each image or PDF page becomes its own Bubble Maker page, and the Pages bar opens if it was hidden.
Click a page to switch, or press Left and Right to move through pages. Lettering stays on that page.
Drag a thumbnail to rearrange pages, or use the arrows. Press Escape to cancel a drag.
Add a blank page, duplicate, or delete from the page bar. A project always keeps at least one page.
Use the Pages tab in the center of the bar to hide or show the Pages tray.
Copy and paste lettering between pages from the right-click menu or keyboard shortcuts.
Canvas settings include page numbers and safe/bleed guides. Page numbers use the same options as PDF export and appear on the artboard while you work.
Export the current page as one file. Selected or all pages download as a PNG/SVG ZIP, or as one PDF. Files follow the page bar order.

Comic Preview

Preview your multi-page project as an open comic book. Page 1 starts on the right. Later pages appear as two-page spreads (2–3, 4–5, and so on). Use Previous/Next, keyboard arrows, or swipe to move between spreads. Drag from a page edge to turn it by hand.

Feedback

Found a problem or have an idea?

Tools

Drag the tab on the side of the Tools panel to make it wider or narrower. A wider panel shows two columns of tools; a narrower panel keeps one column and scales the icons to fit. Double-click the tab to reset.

Speech: Standard dialogue bubble with an adjustable tail.
Thought: Cloud-style thought bubble with trailing thought dots.
Shout: Jagged, explosive dialogue bubble.
Caption: Narration or caption box with style presets.
Text Box: Standalone text without a surrounding shape.
SFX Text: Stylized sound-effect lettering with comic effects, presets, and letter stepping.
Basic Shape: Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Line, Arrow, and Triangle.
Adv. Shape: Simple Explosion sharp bursts, Advanced Explosion rounded comic blast clouds, and Crack branching fractures and tears.
Effects: Radial speed lines, directional speed lines, focus bursts, and motion streaks for manga-style emphasis.
Pattern: Comic-ready halftone dots, uniform dots, lines, hatch, crosshatch, grids, checker fills, and radial halftone textures.
Vignette / Shadow: Soft vignettes for focus and mood, plus drop and ground shadows for depth behind bubbles, captions, and art.

Bubble shadows

Speech, thought, shout, and caption objects include a Shadow toggle in the inspector.

Shadow: Adds a configurable shadow behind the bubble shape. Adjust its color, opacity, offset, and blur. Set Blur to 0 for a crisp comic-style shadow. Connect to Bubble fills the space between an offset shadow and the bubble, creating a solid comic-style extrusion. Linked speech connectors pick up the same shadow so multi-part bubbles stay visually unified. For a bold comic look, set Blur to 0 and enable Connect to Bubble.

Selecting and moving

Click an object to select it.
Drag a selected object to move it.
Shift-click to select more than one object.
On a touchscreen, touch and hold an object to open the same menu as right-click.
Drag on empty canvas to box-select multiple objects. Highlighted objects preview the selection before you release. Hold Shift to add to the current selection.
Drag a multi-selection to move everything together.

Resize and rotate

Drag a corner handle to resize or scale. Double-click a handle on a bubble, caption, or text box to shrink the box around the text without moving the lettering.
Drag the rotation handle above the selection to rotate. Double-click it to reset rotation.
For a single object, hold Shift while resizing to keep proportions. A multi-selection always scales proportionally.

Right-click menu

Right-click the canvas or a selected object for:

Copy, Paste, Duplicate, Delete
Copy Style, Paste Style
Lock / Unlock
Align / Distribute
Bring Forward, Send Backward
Bring to Front, Send to Back

Copy & Paste Style

Right-click an object and choose Copy Style to copy its appearance without copying its content or position. Use Paste Style on another compatible object to apply the look. Style copying also works across pages and with compatible multi-selections.

Shortcuts: ⌘/Ctrl+Shift+C copies the style, and ⌘/Ctrl+Shift+V pastes it. These shortcuts are skipped while you are editing text.

Text editing

Double-click a bubble, caption, text box, or SFX object to edit its text. Shapes have no text.
Speech, thought, shout, caption, and text boxes support Bold, Italic, Underline, and case tools.
Text boxes also have Line Spacing, Letter Spacing, Vertical Alignment, and Rotation in the inspector. Captions include style presets.
SFX uses plain lettering rather than rich text.
Choose fonts from the visual font picker. Search by name, and browse Bubble Maker Fonts, System Fonts, and Imported Fonts.
Bubble Maker includes a bundled comic font library. You can also import custom fonts from the inspector. Custom fonts stay on this device, and Bubble Maker Pro can sync them across your devices.

Reference images

You can place a comic page, screenshot, or other artwork on the canvas background as a visual guide, then letter over it.

Click Reference in the bottom bar, next to the canvas size.
Choose a PNG, JPEG, WebP, or PDF from your device. A PDF is imported as one Bubble Maker page per PDF page, and the Pages bar is shown if it was hidden.
The image sits behind your bubbles and lettering. It is not a selectable object, so you can still click and drag Bubble Maker objects on top of it.

After an image is added, click Reference again to open its settings:

Show or hide the image, and fade it with opacity.
Fit the whole image in the artboard, fill the artboard (cropping if needed), or use the image’s actual pixel size.
Match Artboard to Image resizes the canvas to the image. Existing artwork positions are not scaled.
Replace or remove the image at any time.

The reference image is saved with this project on this device and in your .bubblemaker file. Bubble Maker Pro can sync project reference art with your account. It is excluded from export by default unless you enable Page Artwork in the export options.

Projects

Bubble Maker autosaves the current project locally in this browser.
Export a .bubblemaker project file to keep a copy on your device.
Import a project file later to continue working.
Bubble Maker Pro can also keep cloud-enabled projects in your account across devices.

Export

Choose pages first, then format and include options.

PNG is an image. SVG is vector artwork. PDF is a complete page or comic document.
Current Page downloads one PNG, SVG, or one-page PDF.
Selected Pages downloads a ZIP of PNG/SVG files, or one PDF of the pages you check. Files follow the page bar order, not the order you clicked.
All Pages downloads a ZIP of PNG/SVG files, or one PDF of the full project in page bar order.
PDF is never zipped — the point is one finished comic file.
Selected objects and individual-object files always export from the current page only. Individual objects are PNG/SVG only.
Turn on Page Artwork to include imported comic page art. Leave it off for lettering-only files.
Safe area and bleed guides in Canvas are editor-only and never appear in export or Comic Preview.
Document Info (Title, Creator, Description) is saved with the project and written into the PDF’s document properties. Bubble Maker does not fill these in for you.
PDF Filename can be edited. The .pdf extension is added automatically, and characters that cannot be used in filenames are cleaned up.
Optional page numbers can be turned on in Canvas or Export. Both places share the same settings, and the number is shown on the artboard while you work. PDF export prints that number once as a text overlay — it is not baked into the page image, so it will not appear twice. PNG, SVG, and Comic Preview stay unnumbered. Start Page and End Page choose which pages get numbers. Start Number is printed on Start Page, then counting continues through End Page. Pages outside that range stay unnumbered. The export preview shows the number the previewed page will print, or none if that page is outside the range.
All Pages and Selected Pages (when more than one page is included) show thumbnails under the preview. Click a thumbnail to preview that page.
Export format, quality, page size, and page-number options are remembered in this browser. Selected-page checkboxes start fresh each time.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Copy⌘/Ctrl+C
Paste⌘/Ctrl+V
Copy Style⌘/Ctrl+Shift+C
Paste Style⌘/Ctrl+Shift+V
Duplicate⌘/Ctrl+D
Select all objects⌘/Ctrl+A
Undo⌘/Ctrl+Z
Redo⌘/Ctrl+Shift+Z
Export project⌘/Ctrl+S
Import project⌘/Ctrl+O
Zoom in⌘/Ctrl++
Zoom out⌘/Ctrl+−
Reset zoom⌘/Ctrl+0
DeleteDelete/Backspace
Multi-selectShift+Click
Deselect / close menusEsc