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- FLAG SIZES
-
- The proportions of the flags in the accompanying program are not accurate
-
- The following flag proportions are taken from "Flags and Arms across the
- World", Whitney Smith, director, Flag Research Center, Winchester, Mass.
- (c) 1980 , McGraw Hill
-
- [The nations listed below do not necessarily correspond with
- those included in the program]
-
- COUNTRY NAME RATIO of HOIST to FLY
- -------------- ----------------------
- Afghanistan 1:2
- Albania 5:7
- Algeria 2:3
- Andorra 2:3
- Angola 2:3
- Anguilla 1:2
- Antigua 2:3
- Argentina 2:3
- Australia 1:2
- Austria 2:3
-
- Bahamas 1:2
- Bahrain 3:5
- Bangladesh 3:5
- Barbados 2:3
- Belgium 13:15 on land, 2:3 on sea
- Belize 2:3
- Benin 2:3
- Bhutan 2:3
- Bolivia 2:3 (Horiz Red/Yellow/Green) State flag has seal.
- Bophuthatswana 2:3 (blue with orange bend sinister and black
- drawn face of a leopard in dexter chief)
- Botswana 2:3
- Brazil 7:10
- Brunei 1:2
- Bulgaria 3:5 (White/Green/Red
- with crest in dexterchief (Red/yellow/green))
- Burma 5:9 (Like china?)
- Burundi 2:3
-
- Cabo (Cape) Verde
- 2:3 Red vertical third, Yellow/Green Horizontally.
- In Red field, a Black star amid green leaves,
- orange flowers, and yellow shell.
- Cameroun 2:3
- Canada 1:2
- Central african empire
- 3:5
- Chile 2:3
- China 2:3 (Both Chinas)
- Columbia 2:3
- Comoros 3:5
- Congo 2:3 (RED: see sketch)
- Costa Rica 3:5 (Horiz .5 Blue, .5White, 1 red, .5 white, .5 blue
- state flag has shield in oval)
- Cuba 1:2
- Cyprus 3:5 (White with yellow
- map over crossed green laurel)
- Czechoslovakia 2:3
-
- Denmark 28:37
- Djibouti 21:38
- Dominica 1:2
- Dominican Republic
- 2:3
-
- Ecuador 1:2 (civil: no shield, state +shield)
- Egypt 2:3
- Eire 1:2
- El Salvador 3:5 (BLUE/White/Blue dark blues
- DIOS UNION LIBERTAD in yellow serif in fess)
- Equatorial Guinea 5:8
- Ethiopia 2:3
-
- Faroes 8:11
- Fiji 1:2
- Finland 11:18
- France 2:3
-
- Gabon 3:4
- The Gambia 2:3 (colors may be darker)
- Germany W 3:5
- Germany E 3:5
- Ghana 2:3 Star touches top/bottom stripes
- Greece 2:3
- Grenada 3:5 (add nutmeg in yellow and red)
- Guatamala 5:8 (Vertical cyan/white/cyan)
- Guinea-Bissau 1:2
- Guinea 2:3
- Guyana 3:5
-
- Haiti 1:2
- Honduras 1:2
- Hungary 2:3
-
- Iceland 18:25
- India 2:3
- Indonesia 2:3
- Iran 4:7 (Green/white/red, no crest in 1979)
- Iraq 2:3 (Horiz red/white black with 3 green stars in fess)
- Israel 8:11
- Italy 2:3
- Ivory coast 2:3
-
- Jamaica 1:2
- Japan 2:3
- Jordan 1:2
-
- Kampuchea (Cambodia) 2:3
- Kenya 2:3
- Kiribati 1:2
- Korea N 1:2
- Korea s 2:3
- Kuwait 1:2
-
- Laos 2:3
- Lebanon 2:3 (Cypress tree is supposed to touch red stripes,
- but seldom does)
- Lesotho 2:3
- Liberia 10:19 (union is 1:1)
- Libya 1:2
- Liechtenstein 2:3
- Luxembourg 1:2/3:5 ??
-
- Madagascar 2:3
- Malawi 2:3
- Malaysia 1:2
- Maldives 2:3
- Mali 2:3
- Malta 2:3 Silver cross in dexter chief with red fimbriation;
- remainder is left half white, right half red.
- Mauritania 2:3
- Mauritius 2:3
- Mexico 4:7
- Monaco 4:5
- Mongolia 1:2
- Morocco 2:3
- Mozambique 5:8
-
- Namibia 2:3
- Nauru 1:2
- Nepal approx 4:3
- Netherlands 2:3
- Neth. antilles 2:3
- New Zealand 1:2
- Nicaragua 3:5 (darker than Guatamala) Stripes
- only, but more commonly, with complete shield
- Niger 6:7
- Nigeria 1:2
- Norway 8:11
-
- Oman 2:3
-
- Pakistan 2:3
- Panama 2:3
- Papua New Guinea
- 3:4
- Paraguay 1:2
- Peru 2:3
- Philippines 1:2
- Poland 5:8
- Portugal 2:3
-
- Qatar 11:28
-
- Rhodesia 1:2
- Romania 2:3
- Rwanda 2:3
-
- St. Christoper-Nevis
- St. Lucia 1:2
- St. Vincent 1:2
- San Marino 3:4
- Sao Tome et Principe
- 1:2
- Saudi Arabia 2:3
- Senegal 2:3
-
- Seychelles 1:2
- Sierra Leone 2:3
- Singapore 2:3
- Solomon Islands 1:2
- Somalia 2:3
- South Africa 2:3
- Spain 2:3
- Sri Lanka 5:9
- Suriname 2:3
- Sweden 5:8
- Swaziland 2:3
- Switzerland 1:1 (2:3 at sea)
- Syria 2:3
-
- Tanzania 2:3
- Tchad 2:3
- Thailand 2:3
- Togo 3:5
- Tonga 1:2
- Transkei 2:3 (brown/white/green horiz)
- Trinidad & Tobago
- 3:5
- Tunisia 2:3
- Turkey 2:3
- Tuvalu 1:2
-
- Uganda 2:3
- United Arab Emirates
- 1:2
- United Kingdom 1:2
- Upper Volta 2:3
- Uruguay 2:3
- USA 10:19
- USSR 1:2
-
- Vatican city 1:1
- Venezuela 2:3
- Vietnam 2:3
- Western Samoa 1:2
- Yemen Peop 2:3
- Yemen 2:3
- Yugoslavia 1:2
- Zaire 2:3
- Zambia 2:3
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-
-
- Technical Notes
-
- The following discussion was developed after the basic design of the
- flag program had been completed; the program does not make use of the
- information; data for EGA and VGA proportions have not been developed.
-
- The IBM screen proportions in basic (Medium res graphics, screen 1)
- require that the following ratios be used instead of the absolute
- ratios indicated. Unfortunately, the tuning of the particular monitor has a
- greater effect on the proportions (and colors too, for that matter!) then
- any mathematical rigor in the design. (And note that printed graphics have
- yet another ratio).
-
- Eight X (Horizontal) increments in the 320 x 200 mode are equivalent to only
- seven Y (Vertical) increments. Therefore a 1:2 (vertical to horizontal)
- proportion has to be entered as 7:16 (or multiples thereof). A one-to-one
- (square) flag, such as Switzerland or Vatican City, would actually be coded as
- a 8:7 ratio. FOR EXAMPLE, Switzerland could be entered as:
-
- LINE (81,11)-(240,150),2,BF (The Horizonatl is 160 long, the
- vertical is 140. This will appear square on the IBM color graphic display)
-
- Another Example: A 2:3 ratio flag (2 units on the hoist {vertical}, 3 units
- on the fly {horizontal}) could be entered as any 7:12 ratio e.g.,
- 140 x 240 ( = 20x7 x 20x12)
-
- LINE (41,5)-(280,144),2,bf -- 240 horiz. x 140 vert.
-
- To convert from the ratios as given, multiply the hoist number by 7, the fly
- number by 8. Some examples are given for the most common ratios. Note that
- in practice, these have to be modified somewhat to allow, for example, for
- even divisions of stripes or bars, etc.
-
- Flag
- Proportion CGA Sample for screen (PELS)
- Hoist:Fly Multiplied Ratio Y X
- --------- ------------ ----- ------------------
- 1:2 7:16 2.285 70 160
- 10:19 (usa) 70:152 2.171 70 152
- 5:9 35:72 2.057 70 144
- 21:38 149:304 2.040 68 136
- 4:7 28:56 2.000 70 140
- 3:5 21:40 1.904 83 120
- 11:18 77:144 1.870 77 144
- 5:8 35:64 1.828 70 128
- 2:3 14:24 1.714 70 120
- 7:10 49:80 1.632 98 160
- 5:7 35:56 1.600 70 112
- 18:25 126:200 1.587 63 100
- 8:11 56:88 1.571 112 176
- 3:4 21:32 1.523 84 128
- 28:37 196:296 1.510 100 151
- 4:5 28:40 1.428 84 120
- 6:7 42:56 1.333 84 112
- 13:15 91:120 1.318 91 120
- 1:1 7:8 1.142 70 80