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The whole flag situation isn't really ideal.
Don't forget ๐ฎ๐ช ๐จ๐ฎ
And, if itโs been out in the sun for a while, ๐ฎ๐น can start to look like ๐ฎ๐ช
they look fine to me :P
Are you running something special?
It would be interesting to display the flag followed by the country code in a parenthetical.
windows 10.
its the same on linux, because I'm running a half broken arch install.
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.
Thatโs awesome!
I have another one for you: ๐ฆ๐น ๐ฑ๐ป 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
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. ๐ฑ๐จ
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Also ๐ง๐ป ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฏ "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!
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When you are among the first: ๐ธ๐ช (first but we're at bro-war with them: ๐ฉ๐ฐ)
๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar why did you steal our flag and de saturate it?
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I always get India and Ireland confused.