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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 Martcuci, 07 July 1997
* 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.
António 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).
Private Use |
Public Use |
Military Use |
|
Land Use |
Civil Flag |
State Flag |
War Flag |
Sea Use |
Civil Ensign |
State Ensign |
War Ensign |
The 64 grids follow:
by António 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.]