Sigil Maker

Turn a word, a name or a phrase into a single line mark. Choose from three traditional ways of building a sigil: merge the letters, draw a line round an alphabet wheel, or trace a path across a square of numbers. You get six versions to compare, every step shown, and clean vector files for a logo, a tattoo sketch, a game faction or a piece of art. This is a design tool, and what you type stays on your device. No sign-up, no watermark.

100% private — everything runs in your browser. The mark is drawn on your device with our own code; nothing you type is uploaded.

How to make a sigil from a word

1. Type a word, a name or a short phrase.
2. Choose a method: letter reduction, wheel or grid.
3. Keep or turn off the steps that take out vowels and repeated letters, or edit the letters by hand.
4. Compare the six versions and pick one, or show six more.
5. Set the line weight, colour, frame and mirror options.
6. Download an SVG, a PNG with a clear background, or a PDF at true size.

What you can use it for

• Secret-society emblems and faction marks for games and novels
• Tattoo sketches to take to your artist
• A personal monogram or maker’s mark
• Album art, zines and posters
• Marks for laser engraving, stamps and stencils
• Teaching how letters become abstract shapes

The three methods at a glance

Method	What it uses	How it looks	Best for
Letter reduction	The letters themselves	A dense monogram	Names and short words
Wheel	A circle of letters	A sharp single line	Phrases, longer marks
Grid	A square of numbers	An angular path	A geometric, technical feel

Example: “Silver Harbour” is 13 letters. Without vowels it reads SLVRHRBR, and without repeats it comes down to SLVRHB.

Magic squares in the tool

Square	Numbers	Every row, column and diagonal adds to	Printed by Agrippa for
3 × 3	1 to 9	15	Saturn
4 × 4	1 to 16	34	Jupiter
5 × 5	1 to 25	65	Mars
6 × 6	1 to 36	111	Sun
7 × 7	1 to 49	175	Venus
8 × 8	1 to 64	260	Mercury
9 × 9	1 to 81	369	Moon

The totals are checked by the tool for every square. The formula is n(n² + 1) ÷ 2. Planet names are shown for history only; the tool does not use them.

A short history

Sigil comes from the Latin sigillum, a seal. In medieval ceremonial magic the word meant a sign for an angel or a demon, and grimoires such as The Lesser Key of Solomon listed pages of them. A common way to build one used a magic square: a name was turned into numbers, the numbers were found on the square, and lines joined them. Source: Wikipedia: Sigil.

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa printed the seven squares above in De occulta philosophia in 1531. The 3 × 3 square is far older: it was first recorded in the 1st-century Da Dai Liji and later linked to the Chinese Lo Shu chart. Source: Wikipedia: Magic square.

The English artist Austin Osman Spare (1886 to 1956) described condensing letters of the alphabet into glyphs in The Book of Pleasure, which he published himself in 1913. His approach later fed into chaos magic, which appeared in England in the mid-1970s. Sources: Wikipedia: Austin Osman Spare; Wikipedia: Chaos magic. All read 6 November 2026.

Getting a mark you like

• Keep to a few words: a shorter list of letters stays clearer as a shape.
• Try all three arrangements of the letter method before you change the words.
• Use Mirror for a balanced, emblem-like mark.
• For small sizes, raise the line weight and turn up Simplify.
• Curve the lines on the wheel for a softer, flowing shape.
• Download the SVG to refine the mark by hand in a vector editor.

Wheel notes

The start ring and end mark follow a common modern recipe, and wheel layouts vary from one practitioner to another, so the one-ring and three-ring wheels here are our own plain layouts. Example of the recipe: Angelorum: using a sigil wheel, read 6 November 2026.

Related tools

• Want letters that stay readable? Use the Monogram Maker.
• Need a round emblem? Try the Seal Maker or the Stamp Maker.
• Building a brand? Start with the Logo Maker.
• Like traced line patterns? Explore the Kolam Design Generator.

Frequently asked questions

What is a sigil?

A sigil is a symbol built from a name or a phrase, usually by reducing its letters to a single abstract figure. The word comes from the Latin sigillum, meaning seal.

What does this sigil maker do?

It turns your words into a line drawing, using one of three methods, and shows each step. It is a design tool. The result is a graphic you can use as you like.

Does a sigil do anything?

This page treats a sigil as a drawing and makes no claims about what one can do. People who practise sigil magic hold their own views, and those views vary.

How does the letter method work?

Write the phrase, take out the vowels, take out repeated letters, and merge what is left into one figure. Strokes that two letters share are drawn once. The Simplify slider removes more of the small strokes.

How does the wheel method work?

The alphabet sits round a circle. A line starts at the first letter, marked with a small ring, visits each letter in turn, and ends with a bar or a filled dot. Tick Show the wheel to see it.

How does the grid method work?

Each letter becomes a number, A is 1, B is 2 and so on, and the count starts again after the last number on the square. The line then joins those numbers in order on a magic square, or on a plain 6 × 6 alphabet grid.

Are the magic squares the historical ones?

The 3 × 3 is the arrangement known as the Lo Shu. The larger squares are built here with standard methods and every row, column and diagonal is checked, but their numbers may sit in different places from the squares printed in old books.

Will the same word give the same mark?

Yes. The same words, method and settings always give the same six versions, so you can come back to one. Show six more moves on to new versions.

Why is my mark so simple?

Short words leave few letters. Turn off Take out vowels or Take out repeated letters to keep more, or use the wheel with a longer phrase.

Which languages does it work with?

It uses the letters A to Z. Accents are dropped, so é counts as E. Other alphabets are not supported yet.

Can I use the mark commercially?

Yes, the marks you make are yours to use. For a logo, check it does not resemble an existing trademark. A tattoo artist will usually redraw it for the skin.

Is what I type kept?

No. It stays in your browser and is not uploaded or stored.