Free librarian SVG files

Rows of books and how small they can go

Several of these designs are rows of standing books, and a row of books is a row of narrow strips. On the book cart at 100 mm tall the books are 7 to 12 mm wide with gaps of a little under 2 mm between them, and each one is joined to its shelf at the foot. The gaps are what make it read as books, so do not cut the cart or the bookshelf below about 80 mm, and weed across the shelves from one end, not along them.

The library, the library card, the book pocket and the bookplate are flat, sturdy shapes with a few openings, good for bookmarks, tote bags and the cover of a reading journal. The shh sign and the cat on a pile of books have nothing fine in them and work as 40 mm stickers.

Blank on purpose

A library card needs a name, a date card needs dates and a bookplate needs an owner, so those spaces are left clear. On the library card the band between the two lines is about 16 mm tall and 44 mm long at 100 mm wide. The bookplate has a window about 60 mm square at 100 mm tall: cut it from sticker paper and write in the middle, or weld a name across the window in your cutting software.

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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