How it works
The word Confidence in bubble letters on one sideways sheet: ten letters, with c, n and e twice each. It opens in Fredoka, the only font of the five that keeps a white ring in the o and the d.
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Trust, Pride and a character wall
The row under the sheet is open. Trust has no closed letter, so nothing fills in, and with Pride it prints tallest of the row in every font here. Courage, Integrity, Perseverance and Self- / Discipline are traits a state character education law lists, a sheet each. School / Pride and Proud suit a hallway.
Self words and mottoes
Self- / Confidence, Self- / Control and Self- / Esteem keep the hyphen the dictionary gives them, at the end of the first line. Confident, Be / Confident, Trustworthy and Trust / Yourself fit a locker or a mirror; Believe in / Yourself, You Can / Do It, Stand Tall and Be Yourself a card for a friend before a test.
- Self- / Confidence prints Confidence exactly as tall as it stands alone, in all five fonts; Perseverance, twelve letters, prints smallest of the row.
- Confidence is built on trust: the word goes back to the Latin confido, from con, with, and fido, trust.
- Chewy prints Confidence tallest of the five and gives Integrity a capital I with bars; it marks every closed letter black.
Questions and answers
How do you draw the word confidence in bubble letters?
Pencil the ten letters with wide gaps: C, o, n, f, i, d, e, n, c, e. Round every stroke into a fat outline, keep a ring in the o and the d and an opening in each e, then erase the pencil and color.
How do you draw trust in bubble letters?
Pencil T, r, u, s, t with wide gaps and round each stroke into a fat outline. None of the five letters has a closed shape, so there is no ring to keep. Or tap Trust under the sheet.
How do you spell perseverance?
P-e-r-s-e-v-e-r-a-n-c-e: persevere with -ance on the end. The dictionary lists perserverance, with an extra r, and perseverence as misspellings.
Which character traits do schools teach?
There is no one agreed list. North Carolina's law names eight: courage, good judgment, integrity, kindness, perseverance, respect, responsibility and self-discipline. Kindness and Respect have pages of their own here.