Free American flag SVG

American flag outline in black and white SVG

American flag outline in black and white, drawn as a line
American flag outline in black and white. The preview is the SVG file itself.

A line drawing of the flag: a border, a line between each pair of stripes and round the union, and fifty small solid stars that lie loose inside it. For colouring pages, pen plotters and engraving.

Free for personal and commercial use, no sign-up. What you can do with it.

What is in the file

Size100 × 53 mm (3.94 × 2.07 in), scales to any size
Pieces51 separate pieces
Outlines to cut65: 51 outer edges and 14 cut-outs
Cut length3,089 mm at this size
Narrowest part1.1 mm at this size
Nodes560 curve and line segments

Measured from the file. PNG: 2,000 × 1,088 pixels, transparent. About the three file types.

Will it cut at your size?

Scaling a design scales its thinnest part too. Here is this one at seven sizes, from 1 to 12 inches on its longer side, with how many copies fit a 12 × 12 inch sheet or mat.

Size, width × heightNarrowest partCut lengthFit on a 12 in sheetRule of thumb
1 × 0.53 in (25 × 13 mm)0.28 mm785 mm160Too fine for most machines
2 × 1.05 in (51 × 27 mm)0.56 mm1,569 mm45Fine detail: vinyl and paper only, weed with care
3 × 1.58 in (76 × 40 mm)0.84 mm2,354 mm18Fine detail: vinyl and paper only, weed with care
4 × 2.1 in (102 × 53 mm)1.1 mm3,138 mm10Vinyl, card and thin sheet
6 × 3.16 in (152 × 80 mm)1.7 mm4,708 mm3Vinyl, card and thin sheet
8 × 4.21 in (203 × 107 mm)2.2 mm6,277 mm2Vinyl, card and thin sheet
12 × 6.31 in (305 × 160 mm)3.4 mm9,415 mm1Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic

The narrowest part is the thinnest neck that holds the design together; sharp tips are not counted. For wood and acrylic, keep it at least as wide as the sheet is thick. How to open the file in Cricut, Silhouette and laser software.

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