Last modified: 2004-12-29 by phil nelson
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The symbols were adopted by FIAV in the early 1970's as the
standards to use when describing flag usage by "shorthand". The
complete listing of those symbols adopted are as listed in
Smith's 1975 and 1980 books.
David Martucci, 07 July 1997
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Alternate version of the flag |
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De facto Version, no official law or edict making the flag official |
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Historic flag no longer in use * |
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No flag approved |
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Normal presentation (view) * |
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Proposal |
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Reconstruction based upon written sources only |
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Reverse (mirror image)
reverse side is not the same |
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Sinister hoist - the flag is intended to be viewed with the staff on the right |
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Two sided; the reverse is different from the obverse |
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Variant - this flag is one of several which can be displayed |
* indicates an extended symbol not in the standard FIS set. This symbol has been proposed by Željko Heimer.
For a full explanation of these and other symbols, see Željko Heimer's Flag Information System page.
Antonio Martins has developed a true type font for Windows applications using the FIAV Information System codes. The vexillological symbols font can be downloaded from FOTW.
Another TrueType font developed by Phil Nelson using the Information symbols and all grids (shown below) is available for download at FOTW using the Unicode personal use area and compatible with Windows 2000 and above.
The sixty-four grids for representing a flag are based upon the general usage of the flag. The first row represents land use, the second sea use, each divided into Civil (private), Nation (state/government) and Military use (war flag).
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Private Use |
Public Use |
Military Use |
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| Land Use |
Civil Flag |
State Flag |
War Flag |
| Sea Use |
Civil Ensign |
State Ensign |
War Ensign |
The 64 grids follow:
