Turtle Letters

Drawing Letters of the Alphabet with Turtle Graphics

This is a set of tutorial examples for drawing letters of the alphabet and other symbols with Turtle Graphics.

A few hints in general about Turtle Graphics:

1. To make a turtle, we use import turtle, then an assignment statement that invokes the turtle constructor (turtle.Turtle()) and gives the resulting turtle a name like chris:

   import turtle
   
   chris = turtle.Turtle()
   
   

2. To make a turtle “look like a turtle”, use t.shape("turtle"), where t is the variable that refers to your turtle. For example:

   chris.shape("turtle")
   

3. To move the turtle someplace without leaving a trail, pick up the pen, use goto to move, then put the pen down again. For example, to get to (25,50) without leaving a trail, for a a turtle referred to as chris, you can do this:

   chris.up()
   chris.goto(25,50)
   chris.down()
   

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