Books and Manuals

Manuals and quick references

Inkscape Beginner's Guide

An introductory guide, covering various topics relevant to new users — ranging from installation to making your own font. It is written by the project's contributors, and can be viewed and downloaded at readthedocs.io.

Inkscape, A Guide to a Vector Drawing Program, 4th Edition

Comprehensive manual by Tavmjong Bah. Available online, and linked from inside Inkscape (Help > Inkscape Manual) in English, French, Italian and Spanish.

Keyboard shortcut reference

A list of keyboard and mouse shortcuts for the latest Inkscape version is available here.

Command line reference

A listing of all available command for using Inkscape from the command line (man page) can be found here.

Books

Inkscape 0.48 Essentials for Web Designers

Packt Publishing released a book on Inkscape by Bethany Hiitola called Inkscape 0.48 Essentials for Web Designers. The book covers a wide range of topics from creating impressive web site designs to drawing various graphics elements, such as icons, charts, maps etc. "Inkscape 0.48 Essentials for Web Designers" is available as both hard copy and eBook.