This is the free printable PDF for the set of 10 hand symbol outlines. Each gesture sits on its own A4 page as a clean black outline, ready to print at true scale on any home or office printer with no setup or design software.
Because the drawings are open outlines rather than filled shapes, they print as templates you can trace, color, or cut by hand. We built the outlines as solid shapes rather than plain strokes, and that choice matters when you resize the page: a normal stroke can thin out or thicken unevenly as you scale, but these outlines hold their proportion, so the line stays even whether you print at full A4 or shrink it to fit a smaller area in your viewer.
File details:
- 10 pages, one hand gesture per page
- A4 size (210 x 297 mm), prints on any standard printer
- Open black outlines, not filled silhouettes
- No design software needed, open and print
The ten gestures are thumbs up, peace sign, heart hands, pointing finger, raised fist, open hand with STOP, praying hands, rock-on horns, OK sign, and handshake. The outline style makes them a starting point for hands-on work rather than a finished graphic: color them in as coloring pages for kids or adults, trace them onto paper, felt, or fabric for cutouts and appliqué, transfer them as embroidery guides, or use them as base shapes for drawing practice. For a stencil, the open hand with STOP and the pointing finger hold up best, since their shapes stay readable once you cut the inside away.
Download the Free Hand Symbol PDF Templates
Download below, open the file in any PDF viewer, and print the gesture you need at 100% scale.
Looking for other formats of this design? Our full collection includes SVG, PNG, DXF, DWG, CDR and STL files. You can access them all on the main collection page.
License and Usage
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You are free to download, cut, and modify these designs for your personal projects. However, you may not sell the digital files or any physical products manufactured from them. If you share a modified version of this design, you must credit FreePatternsArea and distribute it under this exact same license.
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