Asterisk logo ideas and free files

The brand names above are made up for illustration. The asterisk marks are free to use. Get every style, in SVG and PNG, from the download page.

Tips for an asterisk logo

• Count the arms deliberately. Five arms feel classic and typographic. Six feel balanced and technical. Eight or more start to read as a star or a sun.
• Test it at 16 pixels. A logo has to work as a browser tab icon. Thin-armed designs disappear at that size, while heavy marks like Bold and Block hold up.
• Watch the spacing to a wordmark. An asterisk next to a name reads as a footnote mark, which can be a feature ("Brand*") or a distraction. Try it both above and beside the name.
• Give it something distinctive. A plain asterisk is a common shape, so it's hard to make it yours alone. Pair it with a distinctive name, colour or treatment. If you plan to register a trademark, talk to a trademark attorney before you commit.
• Pick the colour last. Get the shape working in black first. Colour can't rescue a weak mark.

Making it yourself

Download the SVG, open it in a design tool such as Figma, Illustrator, Inkscape or Canva, and set your brand name next to it. Because each mark is a single-colour vector, you can resize and recolour it without losing quality.