![]() When mouse is over the selected text object, when you see the moveable sign (cross with four arrows), you can click and drag to move the text object (7th picture). Next, click the select and transform objects tool to select the text as an object so you can move, scale etc. I set vertical text and then rotate 90 degrees. To change text direction and rotation (any degree), first you have to select the text by click in front of the text and drag over the text just like how you usually select in other programs (4th picture), then click on vertical text to set text vertical and then enter a rotation value to rotate the text (5th picture). To change text size, click on the arrow to the right of the size box, then examine the current grids the text occupies and choose the new size for the text. To change text font, click on the arrow to the right of the font box, then click the down arrow key on your keyboard to go through the fonts available in your computer and notice the font changing? Stop at the font you like or keep pushing the arrow key to go over the fonts again and again. Notice page size changing to your settings? If your page size seems strangely small or large, Zoom (lower right corner) may be small or large, place cursor at the end of zoom entry box, use backspace to delete the default zoom level and enter 100 or whatever zoom level you want and Enter to make your entry take effect as shown in second photo.Ĭlick Text Tool in the tool bar (left side, with letter A), click anywhere in the page and type "HOW" or whatever you want to (1st picture). ![]() Make sure in Display section, Show page border is checked. Inkscape automatically adds decimal points after your manual entry. To do that in Inkscape, click File, find Document properties in the file dialog, click Document properties, in Document properties window/dialog, under Page tab, in Custom size section, set Units in px, place cursor at the end of Withdth and Height entries, use backspace, delete the default values and enter 400 for Withdth and 100 for Height, Enter after each entry. įor a text only logo with "How 2 design a logo" on it, I think 400 by 100 seems fine. What is the right logo size? Here is a visual reference of logo sizes. You can either follow each step exactly or be brave and follow my steps but use your ideas, before you know it, you may have designed your dreamed logo. Import and trace image to use in your design.Ĩ. Edit text: font, size, color, letter/words horizontal and vertical spacing, letter/words oritention and rotation.Ħ. Set up a Grid to guide drawing objects.ĥ. Download Inkscape for the right system bit of your computer.ģ. Without further delay, hope you'll learn the following things quickly out of this Instructable: 1. It's my first time since digital age to download a typeface to my computer. I downloaded a free font called Baystyle typeface by Ekloff and used it in the cover photo of this Instructable ( "A logo" is Baystyle typeface). I signed up for its blog (I highly recommend again). If not for this contest, I didn't know it exists. I checked out Creative Market (I highly recommend). I'm teaching myself Inkscape with the book: Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program (4th Edition). As far as graphic design is concerned, If you're a dummy and cheap-y like me, I intend to show you what I have learned very recently: How to design a logo (text, graphic, or text and graphic) in Inkscape (free) and using Creative Market. With that said, if you're a graphic designer, If I haven't lost you yet, except for voting or not voting this Instructable for the Graphic Design Contest, maybe checking out my cooking Instructables is a better thing to do. I get things done on computer if I need to, such as writing Instructables, uploading photos and Youtube videos but I don't understand a thing how computer works, keep forgetting how to upload Youtube videos, etc. That brings up my fourth confession: I'm almost computer illiterate. Third, I don't have professional illustrator software or input tablet, not even a mouse, just a laptop with a touch pad (don't even know that's the right technical name). ![]() Second, I don't make money, so I always have to make things that can be bought, including website logo graphic. ![]() First, my drawing and designing skills are not even equivalent of a finger painter. ![]()
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