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This will open the color selection ui as shown below.

Now select rectangle and click on fill color icon at the botton left.

Make sure selection tool is highlighted.

Click on rectangle tool (highlighted above) and create a small rectangle large enough to serve as background for logo.

First create a new document with default settings.

Here is how Inkscape ui looks like with some of the tools highlighted we’ll use in this tutorial. Inkscape is free open source vector graphics tool and works on Windows, Mac and Linux. The purpose is not to create a professional logo but to do a quick Hello Word beginner tutorial to get familiar with Inkscape UI. Make sure to watch the video above for a more detailed tutorial.It is a quick tutorial on creating a very simple svg (scalable vector graphics) logo using Inkscape and then later export it to png format.

Select each letter and “unite” your path.

Now you can go to “file” and “save” and save your text SVG file as an “Inkscape SVG”. This will weld the path so that everything stays in place when you transfer your SVG to Cricut or whatever program you’ll use to cut it. Get your text looking how you want it then select each letter by dragging a box around them or holding shift and clicking each letter until they are all selected. Maybe you want to reposition some things or make some letters smaller and some bigger. From here you can click into each individual letter of your text and edit however you’d like. To do this just select your text and then go to “path” in the top menu bar and then choose “object to path”. To create text SVG’s in Inkscape you need to turn your text into a path. Simply entering the text will not create an SVG file. Now that you have your text entered in the fonts you want it’s time to make it an SVG. You can have fun designing and combining different fonts to make a truly unique design. Type the text you want and then go up to the font selection bar in the top left and choose your font. To pull in some text simply click the “text icon” in the left menu bar and then click on your page.

Once you have some fonts installed you’re ready to start creating text SVG’s in Inkscape. You could even sign up for a font membership and get access to millions of fonts. They offer several free fonts or you can purchase a font bundle. Creative Fabrica is a FANTASTIC place to get fonts. Inkscape pulls fonts directly from your computer so you’ll be able to access anything you’ve installed while you’re working in Inkscape. Enter Some Textįirst, you’ll want to make sure you have a lot of really great fonts installed on your computer.

That just means if you purchase something by clicking one of my links I may receive a small commission at no cost to you. There are just a few basics you will need to learn and you’ll be ready to dive right in. Creating text SVG’s in Inkscape is actually super easy and a great way to start designing your own SVG files.