: Can Inkscape be associated to SVG as the primary tool of the trade? I'm planning to make an icon to represent SVG. I know there are official logos, but I never saw them until I looked for

@Angie364

I don't think it is a good idea to use the inkscape logo as a base but you could perhaps abstract some ideas from it, like the mountain of flowing ink and make a new logo based on this idea? If you use the same colour scheme and a similar style, it should be recognizable to SVG artists.

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@Cugini998

The official SVG logo sucks and should not be used IMO.

Justinas brought up the example of PDF, which is a good example. For years, PDF was the format of Adobe exclusively. Other tools developed later on, but that format is still known as "Adobe PDF", and Adobe, to this day, holds the patents for PDF. The Adobe PDF logo is the official logo for PDF: www.adobe.com/misc/linking.html

I don't think Inkscape logo can be used as-is, but perhaps as part of a separate SVG logo. My advice would be to create the logo from a stylized form of the letters SGV as this is the only think I can think off that actually communicates SVG and then add the Inkscape logo:



(Of course, make it nicer, it's just an quick knock together.)

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@Murray976

As svg is not yet mainstream: nor on the web neither in professional graphics. I suspect that inkscape is used for editing most of them. Your proposal definitely should make sense to people familiar with svg.

But I believe that a free file format shouldn`t be associated with identity of particular software. For reflection: it can be annoying to see adobe acrobat logo on every pdf, especially when you use alternative viewer, even if it rings a bell.

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@Lengel450

There are more than one tool for making svg document + you can write it as a code. I use Inkscape primary and that icon is for me "vector graphics" not only svg. Many graphic designers don't even heard that there are something like Inkscape. Professionals mainly use Adobe Illustrator for vector graphics and for export to svg.

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