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MSK Logo Design: Choosing a Monogram Symbol That Works as a Favicon
How to approach an MSK monogram for a favicon: picking the symbol, keeping it legible at tiny sizes, separating vector artwork from raster previews, and checking usage rights.
How to Open an SVG Logo on a Mac
How to open, preview and edit an SVG logo on a Mac, from a quick Finder preview to a vector editor, plus how to check the file is real, usable vector artwork.
Boogaloo Font: What It Is and How to Handle It in Vector Logos
An overview of the Boogaloo typeface: what it is, how to recognize it in logo lettering, and what its licensing and file format mean for vector logo work.
Canvas Shopping Bag Mockups: Previewing a Vector Logo on a Tote
What a canvas shopping bag mockup is, how free versions typically work, where your vector logo fits in, and what to check about file structure and licensing before use.
Recovering the Resident Evil Logo Lettering: Font or Custom Artwork?
Is there a Resident Evil logo font? Why the wordmark is best treated as custom lettering, what redrawing it involves, and the file and permission issues to check.
US Flag Favicon: Design Choices, File Formats and Usage Rights
How a US flag favicon works: simplifying the flag for 16 and 32 pixel icons, choosing SVG, PNG or ICO, checking real vector paths, and understanding reuse rights.
Convert SWF Artwork to SVG
How to convert SWF artwork to SVG: what Flash files contain, how to extract a usable vector logo, and how to check paths, text, color and embedded images before handoff.
Converting an SVG Favicon to ICO with Transparency and Multiple Sizes
How to turn an SVG favicon into a transparent, multi-size ICO file: what ICO actually stores, which sizes to include, and how to keep the background clear.
Use an RGB Color Wheel for Palette Design
How an RGB color wheel works, how it differs from the painter's wheel, and how to use its hue relationships to plan vector logo palettes and gradients that survive file delivery.
Michael Jackson Thriller Font: What Can and Cannot Be Confirmed
Looking for the Michael Jackson Thriller font? Learn why the lettering may not match an installable typeface, how to judge lookalike fonts and vector files, and what usage rights to check.
Puffy Fonts: What They Are and How They Work in Vector Logos
What a puffy font is, how it differs from inflated styling effects, and what to check about identification, vector structure and licensing before using one in a logo.
Negative space logo
How to use negative space to separate the internal elements of a logo: build real knockout gaps in the vector paths, test them, and prepare reliable artwork.