Custom Text Treatment for Logo Designs | Inkscape Tutorial

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

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  • @rexnihilum7822
    @rexnihilum78224 жыл бұрын

    I don't even work in graphic design or study it but these videos are just so fun to watch

  • @marto7357
    @marto73574 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for helping all of us, and showing what incredible tools that exist for free.

  • @ChaoticBean794
    @ChaoticBean7944 жыл бұрын

    Yo, I'm liking these constant uploads

  • @tommycofield7434
    @tommycofield74344 жыл бұрын

    You the man Nick! Appreciate your time and patience!

  • @thingsiplay
    @thingsiplay4 жыл бұрын

    You blew my mind away again. You are really incredible and thank you for all the tutorials.

  • @malphusmclerius9455
    @malphusmclerius94554 жыл бұрын

    Hey nick, thank you so much for your guides, I've found them very helpful for learning about graphic design for the first time.

  • @limegreen92
    @limegreen924 жыл бұрын

    i forgot about offset. i've tried something similar with strokes and this method seems much easier

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yup. That's how I used to do this sort of thing before this new path effect was introduced.

  • @joshseaton591

    @joshseaton591

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LogosByNick I DONT SEE OFFSET IN PATH EFFECTS. ARE YOU USING 1.0?

  • @amirudinaffandi7606

    @amirudinaffandi7606

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@joshseaton591 yea

  • @haldarnitish
    @haldarnitish4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. I have a really old pc. And now learning exciting fun things regularly.

  • @funkysod
    @funkysod4 жыл бұрын

    Always worth watching! Thanks.

  • @IsaacBTTF
    @IsaacBTTF4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this tutorial Nick. I really need to try this offset feature.

  • @amandaprentice8168
    @amandaprentice81684 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Amanda!

  • @adisadis1221
    @adisadis12214 жыл бұрын

    Awesome content like always, you are very good at teaching and explaining, easy to follow. Keep up with good work

  • @CristianPozzessere
    @CristianPozzessere4 жыл бұрын

    You are a great artist Nick.

  • @Lil.Yahmeaner
    @Lil.Yahmeaner4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this, I remember awhile ago trying to do something similar.

  • @evilhenchman2
    @evilhenchman24 жыл бұрын

    Another awesome tutorial!

  • @user-cb7uh6ff6l
    @user-cb7uh6ff6l4 жыл бұрын

    F•A•N•T•A•S•T•I•C ! _THANK YOU!_

  • @clintonmwangi6707
    @clintonmwangi67073 жыл бұрын

    this was extremely simple, thank you

  • @dataloting
    @dataloting4 жыл бұрын

    Excellent tutorial! - You can combine Offset with Boolean Operators to make a completely non-destructive text logo!

  • @joeloveslinux
    @joeloveslinux4 жыл бұрын

    Great. Good idea!

  • @tushargola03
    @tushargola034 жыл бұрын

    i was just gonna start making one for my group now imma learn something good

  • @homedevices8298
    @homedevices82984 жыл бұрын

    Sir, You Are Awesome!!!

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Thanks.

  • @stunninglife5086
    @stunninglife50864 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tutorial😊

  • @deesnuts5960
    @deesnuts5960 Жыл бұрын

    very cool thanks!

  • @ngucoco9152
    @ngucoco91524 жыл бұрын

    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 💯💯

  • @noormahmood7512
    @noormahmood75124 жыл бұрын

    Your are talented, thanks for sharing your videos

  • @EvandroPastor
    @EvandroPastor4 жыл бұрын

    Great how to, as aways. Thanks for the video. :D

  • @jamesT008
    @jamesT0082 жыл бұрын

    U r a Gem!

  • @cyn1x
    @cyn1x2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, this is awesome.

  • @mapelsiroup5604
    @mapelsiroup56044 жыл бұрын

    nice i needed that ;)

  • @srmatic
    @srmatic4 жыл бұрын

    Great, I learned something new ;)

  • @thebrahmnicboy
    @thebrahmnicboy4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @CallFor911
    @CallFor9112 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @dubaigeek1988
    @dubaigeek19884 жыл бұрын

    This is very helpful

  • @Sicnus
    @Sicnus3 жыл бұрын

    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! ;)

  • @lazenbytim
    @lazenbytim4 жыл бұрын

    This guy is the dogs doo das..... awesome tutorials no faf, just the meat in the bun. Thanks Nick!

  • @dennyskerb4992
    @dennyskerb49924 жыл бұрын

    Thank you again

  • @bobbonham4823
    @bobbonham48234 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @horizon.amv06
    @horizon.amv064 жыл бұрын

    thank you very much

  • @Thefaithfulduouk
    @Thefaithfulduouk4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
    @lawrencedoliveiro91044 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @thiagoabreuon
    @thiagoabreuon4 жыл бұрын

    You really liked this new offset effect in Inkscape 1.0 haha Really good tutorial. It's pretty simple to understand and to recreate.

  • @abakodesigns9364

    @abakodesigns9364

    4 жыл бұрын

    yeah its

  • @motivationalmerman1819
    @motivationalmerman18194 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @sunilchristian3430
    @sunilchristian34304 жыл бұрын

    I also have started using Offset. But, still, sometimes, I habitually use the old trick with Duplicate-Stroke-Break apart-Union!

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same here. I keep forgetting it's there.

  • @justnznz
    @justnznz4 жыл бұрын

    Great work, i think it would be better to start giving E an offset to overlap X..to maintain consistent

  • @AliHassan-xm3gw
    @AliHassan-xm3gw4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome tutorial like always. Please make some tutorials with Affinity Designer too.

  • @IsaacBTTF
    @IsaacBTTF4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Emorine
    @Emorine Жыл бұрын

    Can I know the difference between path effect offset vs the linked offset? Can linked offset be used to create the same design?

  • @aldesigns
    @aldesigns4 жыл бұрын

    I have a question. What will be difference if you used the border or strokes instead of the offset effect?

  • @richseacrow8048
    @richseacrow80484 жыл бұрын

    Genius...

  • @issarukayat5992
    @issarukayat59923 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, but i don't have Path on my Adobe illustrator menu

  • @billyhalim1477
    @billyhalim14774 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @undrwateranarchy
    @undrwateranarchy4 жыл бұрын

    Can this tool be used to perform trapping for screen printing?

  • @Ruby-oj5nv
    @Ruby-oj5nv4 жыл бұрын

    Great

  • @Wyrmixx
    @Wyrmixx2 жыл бұрын

    Is there a particular reason to use offset? What if I just duplicate and scale the object instead?

  • @Atezz29
    @Atezz2910 күн бұрын

    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"

  • @Dustygoodz

    @Dustygoodz

    10 күн бұрын

    same!

  • @TheMaxthesis
    @TheMaxthesis4 жыл бұрын

    u dang guud

  • @animationcreations42
    @animationcreations424 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, you are correct.

  • @animationcreations42

    @animationcreations42

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LogosByNick thanks, wasn't sure if there was a particular reason to do them separately as haven't had a play with offsets yet

  • @hilalhilo658
    @hilalhilo658 Жыл бұрын

    Woow thank u this help me to create a logo with my name hhh i hope god bless u

  • @justinbleber482
    @justinbleber4823 жыл бұрын

    is microgramma free font for commercial use ?

  • @rogergante9459
    @rogergante94594 жыл бұрын

    will the technique not be affected by copywright?

  • @hajismael
    @hajismael4 жыл бұрын

    Do you have a tutorial on mirroring symmetry in inkscape?

  • @BFett-Human

    @BFett-Human

    4 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @raisinnotnice
    @raisinnotnice4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @keomatherapper
    @keomatherapper5 ай бұрын

    Ungroup didn't work for me (in 2024), so I had to use Path > Split Path.

  • @faisaliqbalsajib206

    @faisaliqbalsajib206

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks😢

  • @FarmersFamily1207
    @FarmersFamily12072 жыл бұрын

    But,i can't get that microgamma font can you give me website's link??

  • @michaelaxton1446
    @michaelaxton14462 жыл бұрын

    Can this be done in Gimp?

  • @LucaHeil
    @LucaHeil3 жыл бұрын

    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:)

  • @69azarel
    @69azarel4 жыл бұрын

    hellow nick! keyboard shortcuts can be changed at will?

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, in Inkscape Preference (control + shift + p)

  • @udienelbahr7295
    @udienelbahr72953 жыл бұрын

    what is your icon ? nice video

  • @dwilliams21
    @dwilliams214 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @partyanimals2319
    @partyanimals23199 ай бұрын

    HOW MUCH MUCH WOULD U CHARGE FOR A SVG LOGO???

  • @UmbraVivens94
    @UmbraVivens944 жыл бұрын

    you forgot the music at the end of the video but the title and artist are still credited lol

  • @clemasity
    @clemasity4 жыл бұрын

    Is there this darktheme in inkscape 1.0?

  • @BFett-Human

    @BFett-Human

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @clemasity

    @clemasity

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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!

  • @craysin1318
    @craysin13182 жыл бұрын

    bruh how can I change the color of the offset

  • @michaelselui6998
    @michaelselui69984 ай бұрын

    the ungroup selected groups did not work

  • @michaelselui6998

    @michaelselui6998

    4 ай бұрын

    I am using inkscape 1.3

  • @PinkDigitalAstrology-kc2fs

    @PinkDigitalAstrology-kc2fs

    2 ай бұрын

    Select the text Go to Path and the Split Path

  • @NicholasCat
    @NicholasCat4 жыл бұрын

    Your voice sounds like a calmer version of another KZreadr/ gaming channel called "Union"

  • @user-sl6ou3qb9l
    @user-sl6ou3qb9l4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Melmin447

    @Melmin447

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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?

  • @user-sl6ou3qb9l

    @user-sl6ou3qb9l

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Nick

  • @gabak9537

    @gabak9537

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Melmin447 i'm sure you can easy do a backup of old version

  • @clemasity
    @clemasity4 жыл бұрын

    Always I start the Inkscape, the object start in 41% opacity. Somebody know how to fix it?

  • @IsaacBTTF

    @IsaacBTTF

    4 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @BFett-Human

    @BFett-Human

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@IsaacBTTF Correct, Inkscape saves the settings which were last used.

  • @clemasity

    @clemasity

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@IsaacBTTF Yeah, I got a lot of hard problem to fix, but I persist and I got. Thanks anyway!

  • @Impsucks
    @Impsucks4 жыл бұрын

    CorelDraw tutorials when? ;P

  • @Animfinity
    @Animfinity4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @Animfinity

    @Animfinity

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sir please at least reply!

  • @hunian1316
    @hunian13164 жыл бұрын

    cannot find offset

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's a new feature in version 1.0. You might have to update the software.

  • @hunian1316

    @hunian1316

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LogosByNick thank you

  • @stevevivien4431
    @stevevivien443110 ай бұрын

    Sorry but that doesn't work, object to path than ungroup nothing. Doesn't separate the text am using inkscape 1.3.

  • @Uncensored6

    @Uncensored6

    9 ай бұрын

    Hey, did you find a way around this already? I'm stuck too. v1.3

  • @azmidasril
    @azmidasril4 жыл бұрын

    the text in the thumbnail has different pronunciation.

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @vladj2428
    @vladj24284 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @cbrnix
    @cbrnix4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @BFett-Human

    @BFett-Human

    4 жыл бұрын

    He's fast but it does seem like he's enjoying himself!

  • @vaibhavjain4317
    @vaibhavjain43174 жыл бұрын

    Some 2 fools have disliked this video.

  • @cismifikriyat3940
    @cismifikriyat39404 жыл бұрын

    Leart a lot from you.

  • @ErikKoev
    @ErikKoev4 жыл бұрын

    DISLIKE. I CAN'T FIND THE OBJECT TO PATH BUTTON. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 Wait no just joking 🙂

  • @Thefaithfulduouk

    @Thefaithfulduouk

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's Path - Object to path. Should be the first option on the path menu. Otherwise Shift/Control/C --- Mac: Shift/Command/C

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