As a general rule, avoid common font types such as Arial, Verdana, Times New Roman, Papyrus, Mistral, Vivaldi, and the like. The default font is a generic sans serif type, which you need (I say again, you must) change to something that is appropriate to your blog’s theme. At this point, your text will look bland and uninteresting, primarily because we have not yet done a little bit of Inkscape magic on it yet. I’m sure your blog has a better title.)Ĥ. It’s a lousy fictional title, but it will serve our purpose.

For this tutorial, we will use the fictional title “Paul’s Private Posts.” (I know, I know. Click anywhere on the blank page and type your logo title. The button looks like a black letter A.ģ. Click on the Text Tool button on the left vertical bar. The version used in this tutorial is Inkscape 0.48.Ģ.

If you don’t have Inkscape yet, go ahead and download it (for free and under no obligation whatsoever, except the opensource license, of course) from the official Inkscape website, then install it on your computer. This article will only teach you a few of the basics and will produce a very simple design that you can adapt to your own context: a blog title logo design with a mirrored shadow. Your final output, of course, will depend on your own needs and preferences. This program can easily create a wordmark-type of logo consisting only of text characters and a few non-obtrusive and non-distracting effects. In this article, you will learn a few tricks to creating a logo design of your blog title by using the opensource vector illustration program called Inkscape.

You can easily do both by creating a logo design for your blog title. The title itself, as well as its design, has to capture the interest of your blog visitor, as well as reflect, in a rather indirect way, the theme or spirit of your blog. One of the important page elements in your blog that will make your readers want to read your posts is your blog title.

Logo using inkscape