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Hidden secrets in Inkscape
10 Hidden Inkscape Secrets That Will Improve Your Workflow
 10 Hidden Inkscape Secrets That Will Improve Your Workflow 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Inkscape is a capable open source alternative to commercial vector graphics applications like Illustrator and CorelDraw. It has a lot of features that make it shine, but many of Inkscape’s most useful features are nestled in obscure areas. In this post I’ll be sharing 10 of those hidden features and how they can improve your…

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Professional logos designed with Inkscape
12 Professional Logos Designed with Inkscape | 2020 Edition
 12 Professional Logos Designed with Inkscape | 2020 Edition 800 470 Nick Saporito
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A couple of years ago I made a post showcasing some of the logos I had designed for my clients using Inkscape over the previous 12 months. I figured I’d make a new post doing something similar where I share some more professional logos designed with Inkscape over the past year. I design logos for…

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Why You Should Never Design A Logo In Word
 Why You Should Never Design A Logo In Word 800 470 Nick Saporito
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A logo is a very important tool for branding, and if there’s no room in your budget for hiring a designer to create your logo, you may be left with no other option than to go the DIY route. Designing a logo yourself is challenging, and the results probably won’t be great, but it can…

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How to tell if a font is copyrighted
How To Tell If A Font Is Copyrighted & Why You Should Always Check
 How To Tell If A Font Is Copyrighted & Why You Should Always Check 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Working with fonts is a daily routine for designers and creative professionals alike. Whether you’re a graphic designer, web designer, publisher, or anything else that requires creative copy, you’ve likely worked with many different fonts. Not all fonts are created equal though, and they all come with varying usage permissions. In this post I’m going…

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70s Color Palettes with HEX Codes Inlcuded
14 Best 70s Color Palettes with HEX Codes Included
 14 Best 70s Color Palettes with HEX Codes Included 800 470 Nick Saporito
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In this post we’ll be taking a trip back in time and exploring 14 samples of 70s color palettes with HEX codes included so that you can use them for inspiration in your own design work. 70s Color Palettes with HEX Codes The following examples were grabbed from Pinterest. Each color palette will be linked…

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Reset bounding box grayed out in Illustrator
Quick Fix: Why Reset Bounding Box is Grayed Out in Illustrator
 Quick Fix: Why Reset Bounding Box is Grayed Out in Illustrator 800 470 Nick Saporito
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In this post I’ll be going over a simple solution for a common problem — why Reset Bounding Box is grayed out in Illustrator. Resetting The Bounding Box In Adobe Illustrator, the Bounding Box is an interactive selection that indicates a particular object you have selected. It allows you to move, rotate, shear, and scale…

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Free tri fold brochure template for Illustrator
Free Tri Fold Brochure Template for Illustrator | AI Format
 Free Tri Fold Brochure Template for Illustrator | AI Format 800 470 Nick Saporito
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In this post I’ll be sharing a copy of a free tri fold brochure template for Illustrator. This is a blank template in print-ready format with bleed and safe area already accounted for. I’ve even included a separate layer with guide lines for reference. Adobe Illustrator is a great tool for designing brochures. I’ve used…

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Getting your logo made into a steel sign
How To Get Your Logo Made Into A Steel Sign
 How To Get Your Logo Made Into A Steel Sign 800 470 Nick Saporito
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As a graphic designer there’s few things that excite me more than getting to see a real-life tangible version of something I created on a computer screen. I was recently thinking of ways to decorate my office and decided to have a steel sign made from my logo, and the results were impressive. In this…

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Best free logo fonts
My 14 Best Free Logo Fonts | Personal and Commercial Use Included
 My 14 Best Free Logo Fonts | Personal and Commercial Use Included 800 470 Nick Saporito
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In my 8 years of being a full-time logo designer I’ve used and come across many different fonts, but the fonts that I use most often today have been reduced down to a small handful of reliable free fonts that never fail me. In this post I’ll be sharing 14 of my best free logo…

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Inkscape text to path upside down
Why Your Text to Path is Upside Down in Inkscape
 Why Your Text to Path is Upside Down in Inkscape 800 470 Nick Saporito
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Inkscape allows you to shape, alter, and warp text in a variety of different ways. One problem you may run into though is that your text to path is upside down in Inkscape. In this post I will briefly explain why that happens and how you can easily correct it. Inkscape Text To Path Upside…

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