How it works
Swimming bubble letters on one sideways sheet in Fredoka: eight letters, with the m and the i twice each. Of the three fonts here, only Fredoka keeps a small white ring in the g.
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Strokes, relays and a race diagram
After your first print, open Swimming words in bubble letters. Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly label a stroke chart, with Front Crawl beside them; Relay, Medley / Relay and Freestyle / Relay head the team events. Starting / Blocks, Lane Lines, Flip Turn and Dolphin / Kick name the parts of a race diagram.
Meet day and the equipment shelf
Swim Meet, Heats, Finals and Timekeepers sign a pool deck, and Take Your / Mark is what the starter says before a race begins. Kickboard, Pull Buoy, Swim Fins and Swim Cap label an equipment shelf; Swim Team, Swim / Practice, Open Water and Personal / Best go on the team board.
- Relay and Heats print more than twice as tall as Breaststroke, twelve letters on one line.
- Chewy prints Swimming about a fifth taller than Fredoka, with a looping capital S.
- One letter per page, under More options, makes a banner of eight upright sheets in six shapes.
Questions and answers
How do you draw swimming in bubble letters?
Pencil S, w, i, m, m, i, n, g with wide gaps. Round every stroke into a fat outline, match the two m's and the two i's, leave a ring in the g and drop its tail below the line.
What is the order of strokes in a medley relay?
Four swimmers take one stroke each, in this order: backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, then freestyle.
How long is a competition swimming pool?
A long course pool, the kind used for Olympic events, is 50 meters long. Short course pools are 25 meters, or 25 yards in club, school and college swimming in the United States and Canada.