Free cross SVG files

Proportions and sizes

Most crosses here keep the Latin proportion: the crossbar sits about a third of the way down, and the whole cross is about two thirds as wide as it is tall. Every single cross is 100 mm tall. The plain Latin cross has beams 15 mm wide at that size and the slim one 9 mm, so both can be cut very small: at 25 mm tall the slim cross still has beams over 2 mm wide.

The Celtic, lattice and fancy crosses have finer parts. Each design page lists its narrowest part at 100 mm; halve the size and that part halves too. As a guide, keep the lattice cross at 80 mm or taller in vinyl and 120 mm or taller in wood.

Materials and uses

For heat transfer vinyl on baptism gowns, stoles and shirts, the plain, round-ended and flared crosses press cleanly because they have no small islands. For wall crosses in 3 mm or 6 mm plywood, the Latin, flared, budded and Celtic crosses are strong all the way through; add a hanging hole behind the top arm rather than through it.

The outline crosses are made for foil, engraving and pen plotting, and for layering: cut the solid Latin cross in one colour and the outline in another, and stack them for a bordered cross.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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