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How to Add LinkedIn to an Email Signature
Add a LinkedIn icon to your email signature: prepare the official vector mark, export a sharp raster image, link it to your profile and test it across clients.
Copperplate Script Identification
How to recognize a copperplate script font in a logo, tell it apart from Copperplate Gothic and similar scripts, and handle it correctly in vector artwork.
Convert a Logo Sketch to SVG Using GIMP
GIMP can't trace a PNG into a full SVG on its own, but it can turn a cleaned-up logo sketch into paths and export them as SVG. Here is how, and where its limits are.
Pencil Logo Mockups
What a pencil logo mockup is, how it differs from other stationery previews, and how to prepare vector logo artwork so the preview reflects a printable result.
Condensed Fonts for Narrow Logo Lettering
How condensed typefaces work in narrow logo lettering, how they differ from stretched text, and what to check before outlining and delivering vector logo files.
HSV Color Picker for Logo Design
How an HSV color picker works, how it differs from RGB, HSL and CMYK, and how to use it to choose logo colors and gradient stops in vector artwork.
Crop an Image for a Favicon: What a Cropper Does and When Vector Artwork Needs a Different Approach
How to crop an image for a favicon, what a favicon cropper produces, and why cropping an SVG logo means adjusting its viewBox rather than cutting pixels.
Arial Bold for Bold Logo Typography
What Arial Bold offers a logo wordmark, how it differs from Regular, Black, Narrow and Helvetica Bold, and how to prepare and deliver it as vector artwork.
Chicano Script Lettering Identification
How to recognize Chicano script lettering in a logo, tell a typeface from custom hand lettering, and find or verify a usable vector version.
ESPN Fantasy Football Logo Image Size: What Is Confirmed and How to Prepare Your File
What size image to use for an ESPN Fantasy Football team logo: what can and cannot be confirmed, why a square layout matters, and how to export a legible file from vector artwork.
Tree Logo Design: Turning a Tree Symbol into a Favicon That Reads at Small Sizes
How to adapt a tree logo into a favicon: choosing a tree form, simplifying it into a clean vector silhouette, exporting the right files and checking the result.
What Are Fall Colors? A Practical Guide for Logo Color Palettes
Fall colors are the warm, earthy reds, oranges, golds, browns and deep greens of autumn. Learn how to turn them into a logo palette that holds up in vector artwork, print and screen.