How it works
Smile in bubble letters on one sideways sheet. It opens in Fredoka, the taller of the two fonts here whose l curls at the foot, so the i beside it is not read as a second l.
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Picture day and the photo booth
After your first print, open Smile words in bubble letters. Say / Cheese, Cheese and Big / Smile go beside the camera, and Photo / Booth over the props table.
Cards, yearbooks and boards
You Make / Me Smile, Keep / Smiling, Cheer Up and Chin Up front a card. Best / Smile is a yearbook award, and All / Smiles, the dictionary's phrase for very happy, a caption. Smiles, Miles of / Smiles and Reasons / to Smile head a board; Smiley / Face, Smiley and Grin are for coloring.
- Hollow, under Look, lifts the dot of the i off its stem; in the Bubble look the two are joined.
- Chewy prints Smile tallest of the six; Grin is the tallest word of the row in every font.
- The five letters of Smile also spell miles, limes and slime.
Questions and answers
How do you draw smile in bubble letters?
Pencil S, m, i, l, e with wide gaps. Round each stroke into a fat outline, draw the dot of the i as a small circle, leave an opening in the e, then erase the pencil and color.
Why do photographers say cheese?
Saying the word shapes the mouth into something like a smile. Cheese was recorded as the word to say in 1943; in the late 1800s, when a small mouth was the fashion, photographers asked for prunes.
What is the difference between a smile and a grin?
A grin is a kind of smile: by the dictionary, one with the lips apart so the teeth show.
Is it smiley or smily?
Smiley is the usual spelling; the dictionary lists smily as another form. The plural is smileys or smilies. A smiley face is two dots as eyes over a curved mouth.