Custom Giant Flags

Use these buying points to choose the right Custom Giant Flags configuration.

1. Flag Height Depends on Your Road Speed

   Here's the thing: a 12 ft flag disappears behind a parked delivery truck on a 45 mph corridor. Drivers at that speed need your flag above the roofline before they reach your entrance, not at it. For roads running 35 mph or higher, go with 14 to 18 ft so the flag clears parked vehicles and reads clearly from a distance. Slower foot-traffic zones work fine at 10 to 14 ft.

   Pick your height in the configurator and confirm the pole kit included at that size.

2. Base Type Follows Your Surface

   Steel ground spikes push into grass, turf, or packed soil in under a minute and hold firm without extra weight. But on concrete, asphalt, or pavers, a spike has nothing to grip. Choose the steel cross base for any hard surface and fill the water bag to 15 to 20 lbs so the flag holds steady in wind.

   Select your base type at checkout. The right hardware ships inside the flag kit automatically.

3. Single-Sided or Double-Sided Depends on Approach Direction

   Single-sided works for most roadside locations where traffic comes from one direction. The design prints on the face and shows through as a mirror image on the reverse at roughly 80 percent opacity. That's fine when drivers approach from one side only.

   Double-sided is worth the added cost at corner lots, roundabouts, or any spot where people arrive from opposite directions and a mirror image would confuse your logo or phone number. Check the proof to see how the mirror reads before you approve production. If it causes confusion, go double-sided.

Here's the thing: flags flutter, so bold text at large point sizes reads from the road. Fine details and small type get lost in motion.

Accepted Formats

PDF, PNG, JPG, AI. Vector files (AI or PDF) are best for logos because they scale to any flag height without losing edge sharpness.

Resolution

Minimum 150 DPI at final print size. For any design element under 4 ft wide, 300 DPI keeps edges crisp when buyers walk close to the flag.

Bleed

0.25 in on all edges. Art that stops at the trim line risks a thin white strip on the finished flag.

Safe Zone

Keep all text and logos at least 0.5 in inside the flag border. The sleeve edge along the pole side is not a printable area.

Color Mode

CMYK, not RGB. CMYK is the 4-color process our presses use, so colors you see in your CMYK file match what prints on the 110 GSM knitted polyester. RGB files shift in conversion and can throw off logo colors.