Last modified: 2011-12-23 by rob raeside Keywords: vertical
flags | indoor flags | Links: FOTW homepage | search |
disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors The rule is that
when a flag is hung vertically the honour point (i.e., the top-
left hand corner) should still be at the top-left. This means
that most flags rotate 90 degrees and are then turned over. For
example, the US flag has to be reversed to keep the canton in
the top-left. The union flag just rotates, so as to keep the
thick white stripe uppermost in the top-left corner. This all
stems from heraldic practice, and basically mean creating new
flags for many countries. More difficult are the aspect ratios -
I modify the aspect ratios to 2:3 so that when hung in groups
the flags are all the same height (I tried varying the widths
but that looked daft, and having different lengths just doesn't
work vertically). Graham Bartram, 8 August 1996 Flags are often
hoisted vertically, especially in Central and Eastern Europe
(including Italy, Austria and Ge