logo-design-guide

--- name: logo-design-guide description: "Logo design principles and AI image generation best practices for creating logos. Covers logo types, prompting techniques, scalability rules, and iteration workflows. Use for: brand identity, startup logos, app icons, favicons, logo concepts. Triggers: logo design, create logo, brand logo, logo generation, ai logo, logo maker, icon design, brand mark, logo concept, startup logo, app icon logo" allowed-tools: Bash(infsh *) --- # Logo Design Guide Design effective logos with AI image generation via [inference.sh](https://inference.sh) CLI. ## Quick Start > Requires inference.sh CLI (`infsh`). Get installation instructions: `npx skills add inference-sh/skills@agent-tools` ```bash infsh login # Generate a logo concept infsh app run falai/flux-dev-lora --input '{ "prompt": "flat vector logo of a mountain peak with a sunrise, minimal geometric style, single color, clean lines, white background", "width": 1024, "height": 1024 }' ``` ## Logo Types | Type | Description | When to Use | Example | |------|-------------|-------------|---------| | **Wordmark** | Company name styled as logo | Strong brand name, short (< 10 chars) | Google, Coca-Cola | | **Lettermark** | Initials only | Long company name, formal | IBM, HBO, CNN | | **Pictorial** | Recognizable icon/symbol | Universal brand, works without text | Apple, Twitter bird | | **Abstract** | Geometric/non-literal shape | Tech companies, conceptual brands | Nike swoosh, Pepsi | | **Mascot** | Character illustration | Friendly brands, food/sports | KFC Colonel, Pringles | | **Combination** | Icon + wordmark together | New brands needing both recognition and name | Burger King, Adidas | ## Critical AI Limitation **AI image generators cannot reliably render text.** Letters will be distorted, misspelled, or garbled. Strategy: 1. Generate the **icon/symbol only** with AI 2. Add text/wordmark in a design tool (Figma, Canva, Illustrator) 3. Or use a combination approach: A [... prompt truncated for preview ...]