Publisher rights notice — plain-text extract Source: https://inkscape-manuals.readthedocs.io/en/latest/credits.html Inkscape Beginners' Guide Introduction When do you need Inkscape? Professional Software Installing Inkscape Installing Inkscape on Windows Installing Inkscape on a Mac Installing Inkscape on GNU/Linux Finding Your Way Around The User Interface Managing the Workspace First Steps Ways of Drawing in Inkscape The Shape Tools The Selector Tool Squares and Rectangles Circles, Ellipses and Arcs Stars and Polygons Spirals 3D-Boxes Stacking Order Drawing Free Shapes Free Drawing The Pencil Tool The Pen Tool The Calligraphy Tool Boolean Operations Editing Paths with the Node Tool Node Tool Options About Node Types Editing Nodes on a Geometrical Shape The Tweak Tool Changing How Objects Look Colors The Color Palette The Fill and Stroke Dialog Custom Colors Copying a Color Creating Gradients Creating a Mesh Gradient Using Patterns Modifying Patterns Creating Custom Patterns Strokes Markers Ordering Markers, Stroke and Fill Creating Custom Markers Working with Text Text in Inkscape Writing Text Styling Text Changing Text Color Moving and Rotating Letters Putting Text on a Path Flowing Text into a Frame Creating Custom Fonts Save, Import and Export Saving Your Work Exporting a PNG File Exporting a PDF File Exporting to other File Formats Importing Pictures into a Document Importing other File Formats Useful Techniques Overview Copying and Duplicating Objects Cloning Objects Grouping Objects Align and Distribute Tracing an Image Clipping and Masking Filters Extensions Live Path Effects Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts Beyond This Guide Finding Help for Inkscape Draw Freely! Annex Glossary Credits For Editors of This Guide Sample Chapter Title (h1) Inkscape Beginners' Guide Credits Edit on GitLab Credits  This book was originally created by Elisa de Castro Guerra , designer and educational instructor . It was created as a reference guide for learning Inkscape. The book was translated from French to English in 2016-2017. It is now available under a Creative Commons license ( CC BY-SA ). This means that anyone can read it, modify it and share it with others, under the condition that the original authors are mentioned and the license is kept. The version of the book that you are reading now has been updated and adapted by Inkscape community volunteers, to match Inkscape 1.3. These are the people who contributed to this book (in alphabetical order): Adam Belis Bernd Kampe Carl Symons Christopher Michael Rogers Damien Picard David Milkes Elisa de Castro Guerra Evon Garbled Text Hinerangi Courtenay Holam Ina Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz Jon Peyer Joowon Jung JP Otto KrIr17 Mar10Josh Maren Hachmann Marietta Walker Matt Granoff Nikolaus Schüler Philip Durbin Reidar Vik Rosalind Lord Sergio González Collado Sylvain Chiron Wen-Wei Kao Windell Oskay Yash Pal Goyal Zearin Help us improve this guide! Then you will find your own name in this list :-) We sincerely hope you found this little guide helpful when making your first steps with Inkscape, and that you will enjoy drawing in Inkscape just as we do. If you find something that could be improved, or needs to be updated, or have any other suggestions concerning this book, we’d be happy to have you join us at our collaboration space at gitlab.com or on Inkscape’s documentation mailing list Previous Next © Copyright 2018-2026, Inkscape Documentation Authors. Revision 67a2710 . Built with Sphinx using a theme provided by Read the Docs .