Hmm. That’s a good thought. IIRC fontconfig on Linux can merge different fonts with different priorities, so I think that someone could make a “flag override” font that has extra-wide emojis and has both the ISO code and the flag, even without changing the original font.
What are you talking about? That is the official flag of the country of Wales. Just because it’s part of the United kingdom doesn’t make this flag any less official.
It’s not the official flag, it’s just the flag that everyone associates with Wales but there is no official Welsh flag. That’s just the one everyone’s ended up using but if you look it up there is no standard definition for what the Welsh flag looks like.
In 1959, after successful lobbying by the Gorsedd of Bards and others, Queen Elizabeth II made the red dragon on a green and white background the official flag for Wales.
While we’re talking about Austria, if we’re going to a subnational level, check out the Austrian state flags. Over half of them are just a red-and-white horizontal stripe:
Also
🇧🇻 🇳🇴 🇸🇯
“These are all the flag of Norway” you might say, and that is correct. But one is for Bouvet Island, one is for Norway, and one is for Svalbard and Jan Mayen (in that order, here). Norway’s national day was recently and it is fun every year to see so many people celebrating Bouvet Island (it shows up first in alphabetical lists).
🇮🇩 🇲🇨
🇸🇳 🇲🇱
🇳🇿 🇦🇺
🇻🇪 🇪🇨 🇨🇴
🇸🇮 🇸🇰 🇷🇺
🇱🇺 🇳🇱 🇭🇷 🇵🇾
🇱🇷 🇺🇸 🇲🇾
🇲🇽 🇮🇹
🇷🇴 🇹🇩
🇧🇭 🇶🇦
🇱🇮 🇭🇹
🇮🇳 🇳🇪
🇧🇴 🇬🇭
🇭🇺 🇹🇯
🇦🇷 🇳🇮 🇸🇻 🇭🇳
🇪🇬 🇮🇶 🇾🇪 🇸🇩 🇸🇾
The whole flag situation isn’t really ideal.
Don’t forget 🇮🇪 🇨🇮
And, if it’s been out in the sun for a while, 🇮🇹 can start to look like 🇮🇪
they look fine to me :P
That doesn’t really solve the problem either. After all which country is IQ?
Good thing the codes are an international standard https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2#IQ.
I get what you are saying, but how many country names start with I and has a Q in the name? I might be wrong I think it is only Iraq?
Einstan
Are you running something special?
It would be interesting to display the flag followed by the country code in a parenthetical.
Hmm. That’s a good thought. IIRC fontconfig on Linux can merge different fonts with different priorities, so I think that someone could make a “flag override” font that has extra-wide emojis and has both the ISO code and the flag, even without changing the original font.
That’s awesome!
windows 10.
its the same on linux, because I’m running a half broken arch install.
🇹🇼🇼🇸
When you are among the first: 🇸🇪 (first but we’re at bro-war with them: 🇩🇰)
The problem is no one has any imagination.
Put a dragon setting fire to a castle on your flag or something, don’t just have three stripes.
Well we can do you the dragon at least: 🏴
Yes but that’s not the official flag which rather my point. They would rather have a giant and pointless arguement than an identity.
What are you talking about? That is the official flag of the country of Wales. Just because it’s part of the United kingdom doesn’t make this flag any less official.
It’s not the official flag, it’s just the flag that everyone associates with Wales but there is no official Welsh flag. That’s just the one everyone’s ended up using but if you look it up there is no standard definition for what the Welsh flag looks like.
https://www.bbc.com/wales/history/sites/themes/society/flag_officialemblem.shtml
I always get India and Ireland confused.
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I have another one for you: 🇦🇹 🇱🇻 On TV I often have to take a second look myself.
While we’re talking about Austria, if we’re going to a subnational level, check out the Austrian state flags. Over half of them are just a red-and-white horizontal stripe:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_and_coats_of_arms_of_the_Austrian_states
Salsburg, Austria:
Tyrol, Austria:
Upper Austria, Austria:
Vienna, Austria:
Voralberg, Austria:
Not to mention the state of Hesse in Germany:
And then Poland:
Monaco:
and Indonesia:
My takeaway here is that vexillologists really like Pokeballs and/or Voltorb.
I don’t understand, I just see a bunch of red lines. Where is the white?
I zoomed lol
Also 🇧🇻 🇳🇴 🇸🇯 “These are all the flag of Norway” you might say, and that is correct. But one is for Bouvet Island, one is for Norway, and one is for Svalbard and Jan Mayen (in that order, here). Norway’s national day was recently and it is fun every year to see so many people celebrating Bouvet Island (it shows up first in alphabetical lists).
If Bouvet Island ever changes their flag and all the fonts update to reflect that, there is going to be a lot of suddenly-confusing text out there!
Jamaica’s flag is pretty unique… Let’s all copy theirs…
Only country flag without red, blue and white!
I like St Lucia’s flag, quite unique but stays simple enough. 🇱🇨
🇺🇸🇺🇲
🇱🇹🇲🇲 Myanmar why did you steal our flag and de saturate it?