Re: LINE - Flag:Basque-Country
From Evan M Corcoran <em...@m-net.arbornet.org>
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· 28 May 1994 11:42 · View full thread
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In article <199...@crosfield.co.uk>, ra...@crosfield.co.uk (Richard Kirk) wrote: > The nice thing about the union flag, is that there is no standard to it's > aspect ratio. You can make the lines as thick as you like or as thin as > you like provided that they are there. Most other countries have at least > a standard aspect ratio. According to a book I found, the UK flag does in fact have an official aspect ratio, and also official ratios of stripe widths, namely: _ (technically the white part is flush with the left hand side) | | (likewise, on the right | side the red stripe is | flush with the right edge) V | 6 | 17 | 2| 6 | 2| 17 | 1| 5| __ :~8a.`~888a:::::::::::::::88......88:::::::::::::::;a8~".a888~ 3 (the white ::::~8a.`~888a::::::::::::88......88::::::::::::;a8~".a888~:::~~ bit) :::::::~8a.`~888a:::::::::88......88:::::::::;a8~".a888~:::::: ::::::::::~8a.`~888a::::::88......88::::::;a8~".a888~::::::::: 6 :::::::::::::~8a.`~888a:::88......88:::;a8~".a888~:::::::::::: :::::::::::: :~8a.`~888a:88 .....88;a8~".a888~::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::~8a.`~888......88~".a888~::::::::::::::::::__ 8888888888888888888888888888......8888888888888888888888888888 2 ..............................................................~~ .............................................................. 6 8888888888888888888888888888......8888888888888888888888888888~~ ::::::::::::::::::a888~".a88......888a."~8;::::::::::::::::::: 2 (the lower :::::::::::::::a888~".a8~:88......88~888a."~8;::::::::::::::::~~ white part) ::::::::::::a888~".a8~::::88......88:::~888a."~8;::::::::::::: 6 :::::::::a888~".a8~:::::::88......88::::::~888a."~8;::::::::::__ ::::::a888~".a8~::::::::::88......88:::::::::~888a."~8;::::::: 1 (white bit) :::a888~".a8~:::::::::::::88......88::::::::::::~888a."~8;::::-- a888~".a8~::::::::::::::::88......88:::::::::::::::~888a."~8;: 2 (red bit) ^ | (and on the bottom right hand,___/ the white and red stripes are on the 'fly' edge, and the thick white stripe is on the bottom) The overall ratio is 56:28, which boils down to 2:1. -EMC
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,5224fca920b03953 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-05-28 05:00:49 PST Path: gmd.de!nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.itd.umich.edu!nubs98.ccs.itd.umich.edu!user From: em...@m-net.arbornet.org (Evan M Corcoran) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: LINE - Flag:Basque-Country Followup-To: alt.ascii-art Date: 28 May 1994 11:42:18 GMT Organization: Stephen Potter Fan Club Lines: 50 Distribution: world Message-ID: <emc...@nubs98.ccs.itd.umich.edu> References: <1994May27.110723.3282@ludens> <199...@crosfield.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: nubs98.ccs.itd.umich.edu
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