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Start a new project?

Your current Bubble Maker project will be cleared. This cannot be undone.

Import another project?

Your current canvas will be replaced. Export it first if you want to keep a separate copy.

Canvas

Set the artboard size in pixels. Existing artwork stays in place and is not scaled.

200–8192 px

Match artboard to image?

Resize the artboard to match this image? Existing artwork positions will not be scaled.

Export

Nothing to export yet.

Format

Export

Scale

Include

Padding

Background

Imported Fonts

These fonts stay on this device and are not uploaded.

No imported fonts yet.

Remove this font?

Objects using it will switch to Arial.

About Bubble Maker

Bubble Maker

Bubble Maker is a free browser-based tool for creating comic speech bubbles, captions, sound effects, standalone text, and simple lettering layouts.

Use it for comics, graphic novels, games, visual novels, mockups, and other creative projects.

Built for creative work

  • Speech, thought, and shout bubbles
  • Captions and standalone text
  • SFX lettering with comic effects
  • Bundled comic fonts, custom fonts, and reference images
  • Transparent PNG and SVG export
  • Local project export and import

Privacy

Your artwork, reference images, project files, and imported fonts stay on your device while you work. Bubble Maker does not require you to upload your creative files to a server in order to use the editor.

The app may still make a few optional network requests, such as opening the support page.

Creator

Created by Ben Palladino

Support

Support Bubble Maker

Bundled Font Licenses

Legal

© 2026 Ben Palladino. All rights reserved.

Bubble Maker and its original software, interface design, branding, graphics, and related materials are protected by applicable copyright and intellectual property laws. Third-party materials remain subject to their respective licenses. Users are responsible for ensuring they have the necessary rights to any content they import, reference, or export using Bubble Maker.

Help

Getting Started

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

Tools

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.
Text Box
Standalone text without a surrounding shape.
Shape
Simple shapes: Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, and Ellipse.
SFX Text
Stylized sound-effect lettering with comic effects, presets, and letter stepping.

Selecting and moving

  • Click an object to select it.
  • Drag a selected object to move it.
  • Shift-click to select more than one object.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Lock / Unlock
  • Align / Distribute
  • Bring Forward, Send Backward
  • Bring to Front, Send to Back

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.
  • SFX uses plain lettering rather than rich text.
  • Bubble Maker includes a bundled comic font library. You can also import custom fonts from the inspector. Imported fonts stay on this device.

Reference images

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

  1. Click Reference in the bottom bar, next to the canvas size.
  2. Choose a PNG, JPEG, or WebP image from your device.
  3. 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 stays on this device and is saved with your .bubblemaker project. It is excluded from export by default unless you enable Canvas 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.

Export

Export PNG or SVG, with an optional transparent background. You can export everything, the current selection, or each object as its own file.

Keyboard Shortcuts

  • Copy⌘/Ctrl+C
  • Paste⌘/Ctrl+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

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