Custom Text Treatment for Logo Designs | Inkscape Tutorial
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can use Inkscape to give your logo designs a custom text treatment where the letters overlap each other. This can make your logo designs look more personalized than they would if you just used a stock font as-is.
This lesson will also introduce a new feature from Inkscape 1.0, which is the Offset live path effect, so make sure to download version 1.0 before continuing on with this tutorial. You can learn more about some of the new features in another video I made about it.
If you want to learn more about logo design, be sure to check out my Logo Design Academy - an interactive 18-part video course where you will learn my entire creative process for coming up with logo ideas and implementing them: logosbynick.com/learn/
Want to learn more about how Inkscape works? Check out the Inkscape Master Class - a comprehensive series of over 50 videos where I go over every tool, feature and function in Inkscape and explain what it is, how it works, and why it's useful: logosbynick.com/inkscape/
Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
I don't even work in graphic design or study it but these videos are just so fun to watch
Thank you for helping all of us, and showing what incredible tools that exist for free.
Yo, I'm liking these constant uploads
You blew my mind away again. You are really incredible and thank you for all the tutorials.
You the man Nick! Appreciate your time and patience!
Hey nick, thank you so much for your guides, I've found them very helpful for learning about graphic design for the first time.
i forgot about offset. i've tried something similar with strokes and this method seems much easier
Yup. That's how I used to do this sort of thing before this new path effect was introduced.
@@LogosByNick I DONT SEE OFFSET IN PATH EFFECTS. ARE YOU USING 1.0?
@@joshseaton591 yea
Always worth watching! Thanks.
Thanks for this tutorial Nick. I really need to try this offset feature.
Awesome content like always, you are very good at teaching and explaining, easy to follow. Keep up with good work
Thank you nick for the hard work you put into these videos please keep up the amazing job. also anyone that can take his master class its worth every penny.
Thank you Amanda!
Another awesome tutorial!
Thanks. I have a really old pc. And now learning exciting fun things regularly.
F•A•N•T•A•S•T•I•C ! _THANK YOU!_
Thank you so much for this, I remember awhile ago trying to do something similar.
You are a great artist Nick.
this was extremely simple, thank you
very cool thanks!
Amazing! Thanks.
Your are talented, thanks for sharing your videos
Sir, You Are Awesome!!!
Thanks, this is awesome.
i was just gonna start making one for my group
now imma learn something good
Thanks for the tutorial😊
U r a Gem!
Sir I just want to say thank you I have learned so much from you so much. I started a gaming channel and I’m impress with the results thank you for your help I subscribed 💯💯
Iove your videos! Helped me a lot to understand how vector graphic works. Now I need to come back since GT7 for the Playstation will have again the option to create your own liveries.
Thanks mate! See you around.
Excellent tutorial! - You can combine Offset with Boolean Operators to make a completely non-destructive text logo!
Great how to, as aways. Thanks for the video. :D
nice i needed that ;)
Great, I learned something new ;)
Great. Good idea!
This is very helpful
Thank you again
Been a long time watcher nick... subbed a couple of years ago... Really love your work. I'll try and add more comments as that seems to be some metric that YT uses? Anyway. Love it! ;)
thank you very much
I also have started using Offset. But, still, sometimes, I habitually use the old trick with Duplicate-Stroke-Break apart-Union!
Same here. I keep forgetting it's there.
Thanks!
This guy is the dogs doo das..... awesome tutorials no faf, just the meat in the bun. Thanks Nick!
Ah, just want to tell you I appreciate these videos, and I really want to complete your Inkscape masterclass and also the Logo design class.
I have a question. If I have two symmetrical objects, which are flipped right-left with respect to each other, how do I increase the distance between them uniformly? I mean I have a central point, and I want to move them both equally away from that point.
Your videos on Inkscape are really great. I learned a lot from them. Could you please make a video on different types of SVG export options? I am having trouble uploading the SVG files to the Canva. I tried the Optimised SVG options but yet got upload error while uploading it to Canva.
Awesome tutorial like always. Please make some tutorials with Affinity Designer too.
2:00 I have the CTRL-mousewheel option flipped, so it zooms without the CTRL key down. I find this much more convenient. I don’t bother using the mousewheel for scrolling, since dragging with the middle mouse button works fine.
Thanks so much. Is there any advice on how to do it with B and L? The curves of the B made it hard for me to figure out how to do it. I will keep trying myself in the meantime.
Hey Nick, do you know if there's a version of the Inset effect (similar to the Outset effect you found in the Path Effects) in which you can insert the amount of inset in pixels? Thanks so much.
Genius...
Great work, i think it would be better to start giving E an offset to overlap X..to maintain consistent
Great
You really liked this new offset effect in Inkscape 1.0 haha
Really good tutorial. It's pretty simple to understand and to recreate.
yeah its
u dang guud
Hello Nick, thanks for all your Inkscape design tutorials. It's awesome. However, I still have one question in my mind. It is about selling Inkscape templates. I know I can sell SVG dan EPS templates. But, how do I ensure that my SVG or EPS templates can be opened in Illustrator without any flaw? Could you please make a tutorial about that? Thanks.
Woow thank u this help me to create a logo with my name hhh i hope god bless u
Can this tool be used to perform trapping for screen printing?
Do you have a tutorial on mirroring symmetry in inkscape?
I just used mirroring symmetry for the first time on the text. Seems to mirror it pretty well. What exactly were you wanting to see a tutorial of?
hellow nick!
keyboard shortcuts can be changed at will?
Yes, in Inkscape Preference (control + shift + p)
I have a question. What will be difference if you used the border or strokes instead of the offset effect?
Can I know the difference between path effect offset vs the linked offset? Can linked offset be used to create the same design?
With the X, would it not have been easier to duplicate the first offset before you do the intersection for the E so you don't have to repeat for the A?
Yes, you are correct.
@@LogosByNick thanks, wasn't sure if there was a particular reason to do them separately as haven't had a play with offsets yet
Thank you so much, but i don't have Path on my Adobe illustrator menu
what is your icon ? nice video
Could you make a Video where you recreate a logo? In this case I would like to see how you would recreate the logo of Seven Lions or Virtual Riot. For me these types of logos are really complicated to understand how they are made and I would like to have my own logo in this style... Thank you:)
Hey Nick, i was not able to ungroup the path, the letters were not selectable one by one. I had to use "path-> split path"
same!
Is there a particular reason to use offset? What if I just duplicate and scale the object instead?
you forgot the music at the end of the video but the title and artist are still credited lol
will the technique not be affected by copywright?
Can anyone help? Whenever I'm making a shape it seems mirrored? Like the ellipse is making some weird shapes like an eye or something. Idk what happened.
Nevermind, it was just stroke style.
This might be less an Inkscape how-to and more a designer-brain how-to, but I'd like to know how one might take a fantasy font and make it extra swoopy (more swashes, etc.) for a book title/fantasy series logo...and still make it look good. :) You know, so it's not overdone. I hope you'll consider it for a future vid.
is microgramma free font for commercial use ?
Can this be done in Gimp?
Is there this darktheme in inkscape 1.0?
Yes, it's built into the app. Go to Edit on the toolbar and navigate to the bottom of the list and click Preferences (Shift+CTRL+P), click the arror next to Interface, click Theme, and to the right Change Gtk theme and select HighContrastInverse. Which will give Inkscape a dark theme and you should be good to go.
@@BFett-Human Thank you! I tried that, but the windows and sizes was big, I keep trying and I think I got it. Anyway, thank you so much!
But,i can't get that microgamma font can you give me website's link??
What’s the file size of 1.0?
I have slow data
Also, will I lose my saved work if I uninstall 0.92.4 to get the new one?
I wish there was an update button like apps lol
I'm not sure about the file size. You won't lose your work though. SVG files will still open just fine. You could also install 1.0 separately and keep both versions. Thays what I've done.
@@LogosByNick This may be a dumb question...I want to try 1.0, but not sure if my computer can handle it, so I'll keep the old version just in case, but do I have to first move the older version's program files somewhere else, or is it fine not doing anything with them?
Thanks Nick
@@Melmin447 i'm sure you can easy do a backup of old version
Ungroup didn't work for me (in 2024), so I had to use Path > Split Path.
Thanks😢
Your voice sounds like a calmer version of another CZcamsr/ gaming channel called "Union"
CorelDraw tutorials when? ;P
HOW MUCH MUCH WOULD U CHARGE FOR A SVG LOGO???
When I try to separate the letters "ungroup" seems to do nothing. I tried "split path" and that seems to do the same thing. Am I doing something wrong? Does it do the same thing?
Always I start the Inkscape, the object start in 41% opacity. Somebody know how to fix it?
Maybe the last time you created an object you set it to that opacity and Inkscape keeps giving you that same opacity everytime you open it?
@@IsaacBTTF Correct, Inkscape saves the settings which were last used.
@@IsaacBTTF Yeah, I got a lot of hard problem to fix, but I persist and I got. Thanks anyway!
sir please its a humble request can you please provide a tutorial about how to create 2d character or avatars in inkscape i am trying very hard to find such a tutorial it will be a great help
please can you upload it
and can you please tell me that if it is even possible to create 2d characters or avatar in inkscape?
please sir
Sir please at least reply!
bruh how can I change the color of the offset
the ungroup selected groups did not work
I am using inkscape 1.3
Select the text Go to Path and the Split Path
cannot find offset
It's a new feature in version 1.0. You might have to update the software.
@@LogosByNick thank you
How weird is it that he doesn’t have to tell us how to get the dark theme at the beginning of every video now lol
Sorry but that doesn't work, object to path than ungroup nothing. Doesn't separate the text am using inkscape 1.3.
Hey, did you find a way around this already?
I'm stuck too. v1.3
the text in the thumbnail has different pronunciation.
It is generally a bad idea to adjust kerning manually. If the font is well made, the font designer carefully adjusted the kerning already. The only thing that should be adjusted is letter spacing.
Some 2 fools have disliked this video.
Hey! You say so quickly, as if you are about to finish and board a plane. "Do it this way, this way, that ... Well, that's it, I flew. Bye!" Lol
He's fast but it does seem like he's enjoying himself!
Leart a lot from you.
DISLIKE. I CAN'T FIND THE OBJECT TO PATH BUTTON. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 Wait no just joking 🙂
It's Path - Object to path. Should be the first option on the path menu. Otherwise Shift/Control/C --- Mac: Shift/Command/C