Inkscape Brochure Template Free Download!
I’ve made a selection of brochure templates in Inkscape that you can download here for free! They’re based on an A4 page so are ideal for home printing.
How to use:
- Download the zip file for the brochure template you want to use. Each contains two parts – one svg file for the front and one for the back of your page.
- Open it up in Inkscape.
- Open the Layers menu (Shift + Ctrl + L), select the layer “Artwork” and start working there. A second layer above called “Guidelines” will show you the boarders/folding lines and orientation (some will require your artwork to be flipped upside down) as well as outlines of each page of your brochure. It will sit on top of your drawing until you hide it. The panels are numbered in order of how they appear on the finished brochure.
- Hide the layer “Guidelines” before printing.
Tips:
- Some printers can’t print edge-to-edge so check your printer manual and make your artwork with the necessary borders.
- When printing from Inkscape choose “Print to File” and open up your image as a PDF in your favourite PDF viewer.
- Make sure the “Scale to Fit” option is not selected in the print dialogue.
- I have included Inkscape guidelines (the blue or red lines crisscrossing the page). These are useful for snapping objects to and will help you align things but don’t show up in printed or exported artwork. If you don’t like them it’s easy to turn them off. Go to File>Document Properties>Guides and un-tick “Show Guides”.
About the 8 Page Stapled Brochure Template…
I made this template because I wanted to produce a short hair dyeing guide for my customers at my day job but didn’t want to have the expense of going to a print shop for such a short run. With this one you have 8 pages which are made up of 4 quarters of a A4 page front and back. Basically you fold the page in half and then half again before stapling and cutting.
Because of the way it’s folded you’re going to have 4 pages which need to be printed upside-down – pages 1 2, 7 & 8. The easiest thing to do is to make these parts as normal, select object which will appear on the page and then group them (Ctrl + G), then flip vertically (when selected press V or go to Object>Flip Vertically). Don’t rotate by 180° instead of flipping vertically as this will cause you problems if you try doing 2 panels at the same time.
You’ll also notice on the “Guidelines” layer that as well as the 2 fold lines, running top to bottom and left to right, that there are also dotted lines and two bonus rectangles in part 1. If you’ve already finished your brochure and printed it out you’ll probably have guessed the dotted line is where your guillotine will come in handy. You’ll need to cut off the edge of the fold to free up the pages. The extra rectangles in the top portion are guidelines on where to staple. I recommend stapling before cutting.
Downloads:

8 Page Booklet Template













Now you have your development version of Inkscape running, let’s have a look at the Spiro option. Select the Freehand (Pencil) Tool. You’ll notice an addition to the toolbar: 



