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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



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