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Favicon Size for Websites: Dimensions, Safe Areas and Padding
Which favicon sizes a website needs, how safe areas and padding differ between tab icons and home-screen icons, and how to prepare them from vector logo artwork.
New York Font Identification
Which typeface is "New York"? How to tell Apple's serif from the classic Mac font and from fonts in New York logos, and what to check before using any of them.
Pixel Grid for Favicon Design: What It Is and Why It Matters
What a pixel grid is in favicon design, how it differs from a vector logo's freeform geometry, and how to align artwork so small icons render sharply.
How to Vectorize a Logo from a Photograph in Figma
Learn how to turn a photographed logo into clean vector artwork in Figma: prepare the photo, trace with the Pen tool, rebuild type, combine shapes and check your export.
How to Crop an Image for a Favicon
Crop a logo for a favicon: isolate the mark, square the artboard, add padding, plan dark mode variants, export the files and test them at real sizes.
SurveyMonkey Logo Dimensions
A vector SurveyMonkey logo has no fixed size. Learn which dimensions matter, how to check that a file is truly vector, and how to set a legible minimum size.
Architect Font: What the Term Means and How to Identify It in a Logo
What “architect font” usually refers to, how architectural lettering differs from similar styles, how to identify it in a logo, and what to check about vector files and licensing.
Convert a JPG Logo Sketch to SVG Online
How to turn a scanned or photographed logo sketch from JPG into a true SVG with free online tracing, plus how to check that the result has real vector paths.
Photoshop Change Artboard Size: Resize the Workspace Without Distorting Your Logo
How to change or edit artboard size in Photoshop with the Artboard tool or Properties panel, how it differs from Canvas Size and Image Size, and how to check logo artwork afterward.
Tiger Logo Design: Choosing and Building a Tiger Symbol That Works as a Favicon
How to turn a tiger logo into a clear favicon: pick the right symbol, build clean vector paths, vet free tiger logos, export icon files and test the result.
Extract a color palette from artwork with Canva
How to pull a color palette from an image in Canva, what the extracted colors actually represent, and why sampled hex values differ from a vector logo's specified colors.
Reduce favicon size
How to shrink a favicon in pixel dimensions and file weight: which sizes to export, how to simplify vector logo artwork for small display, and how SVG, PNG and ICO files differ.