Business Letterhead

• 1). Choose your letterhead style by selecting colors and typeset that express the tone of your business as well as appeals to your customer base. For example, a technology-driven company catering to technology and computer groups can incorporate monochromatic colors, such as silver tones mixed with sharp colors like bright royal blues featuring sharply defined letter fonts.
  
  
• 2). Draw and design your logo by selecting artwork that describes your business.Your graphic software program in your personal computer will dictate the type of tools and features, such as a wide range of font types and styles, which you can incorporate into your logo drawing. For example, tools such as free-hand drawing will enable you to draw your own image on the program's image pad.
  
  
• 3). Scan or upload any uncopyrighted graphics, clip art or photo logos into your program. For example, a real estate office incorporating a home photo as part of its logo.
  
  
• 4). Choose a graphic's technique such as bleeding, which superimposes images or letter fonts to eliminate gaps in the logo. You can also use shadows. According to "Design It Yourself: Logos, Letterheads, and Business Cards," Chuck Green writes, "A simple shadow can create the illusion of an object floating above the page ...They add a third dimension to conventional two-dimensional layouts."
  
  
• 5). Lay out your letterhead by choosing the location for your logo and letter type. For instance, corner logos are set at the upper or lower left or right corners. Keep in mind the area size for your logo placement as well as your letterhead's font height and width.
  
  

Personal Stationery Letterhead

• 1). Choose your letterhead style by selecting the colors and typeset that most expresses your personality. For example, if you tend to dress in earth tones and enjoy gardening, incorporate earth tones mixed with warm floral colors and use a soft edged font.
  
  
• 2). Draw and design your logo by selecting an image that best illustrates your personal style. For example, an artist can choose a logo that expresses her talent or craft such as a painter's palette or picture frame as her stationery's logo. Your graphic software program will dictate the types of tools and features you will have to create your artwork.
  
  
• 3). Scan or upload any uncopyrighted graphics, clip art or photo logos into your program. Choose a graphic technique such as transparency. This technique changes the opacity of graphic layers, allowing you to see through the layers. Images are extracted from the graphic and applied in layers such as the top or bottom.
  
  
• 4). Choose your personal letterhead layout, such as floating images. This technique overlaps and offsets layers of type and creates the illusion of depth.