

I wanted to check that the text was legible when using a black background. The colours of the text can be changed easily by highlighting a selection and then selecting one of the colours from the swatch at the bottom of the Inkscape window. The ‘AP’ part of the logo used a non-standard font downloaded from a free font website. The next step was to create a basic logo using the text tool. I decided to break this idea down into three layers as shown in the screenshot. I decided that I wanted some text with some lighting to make it look shiny and some special effects like a glow and a shadow. The first step is to open up the layers menu widget (Shift+… as shown) thing. However, the commands outlined here should be identical on all platforms. This tutorial was generated on a mac and so the screenshots have a mac look and feel. I have noticed that many of the tutorials on the web do not take good advantage of the layers tools and so I hope to address this here. I am an inkscape beginner but thought it might be useful to produce a brief tutorial that combines some of the basic techniques that I’ve leant from other tutorials. In comparison, Inkscape is easy to grasp and there is a large amount of user generated documentation online that will help you to produce amazing looking graphics in no time. In the past, I have tried to learn how to use various vector graphics drawing software packages, but have always run out of patience. For this, I used the fantastic open source Inkscape software. This is a quick tutorial showing the steps required to generate a logo like the one seen at the top of this page. This beginners tutorial shows you a really simple technique for creating Golden Ratio shapes without having to use the Golden Ratio spiral method to build multiple shapes from scratch.Using inkscape vector graphics to generate a website logo I’ll show you how to use the rectangle tool and text tool to create compound shapes and text for a professional looking logo. In this Inkscape tutorial, I show you how to design a logo using the Golden Ratio for a more proportional result that’s more pleasing to the viewer.


How to Design a Vector Logo Using The Golden Ratio in Inkscape
