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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 Smiith's 1975 and 1980 books.
David Martcuci, 07 July 1997
* indicates an extended symbol not in the standard FIS set. This symbol has been proposed by Zeljko Heimer.
For a full explanation of these and other symbols, see Zeljko 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 the Terravista site in Portugal.
The sixty-four grids for representing a flag are based upon the general useage 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).
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:
by Antonio Martins
In the above, the use of the word "state" is to imply the nation; however, when all three elements of a row are identified in use for a particular flag, the use will be identified as "National". [Ed.]
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