Nepal<\/a>, whose flag is listed as “no aspect ratio” thanks to its fun double-triangle shape, which is tricky to get right, and has caused minor diplomatic incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNonetheless, if you see a whole bunch of flags, and you’re not seeing slight variations in the relative lengths or heights, you’re probably looking at a bunch of flags all built to be 3:2, which will be correct for Japan, France, Italy, and many others, but will be wrong for Canada and also many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canadian Flag Errors, a Spotter’s Guide<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
There’s really just one big error, that 3:2, and a few rare errors. You’ll see variations in the construction of the maple leaf, I can’t really comment on the correct colors (I’d bet the red often varies more than the spec allows), and in rare cases you’ll see the relative widths of the three color sections screwed up (the white field is a square, the outer red fields are each half as wide as the white, anything else is a mistake). But if you’re looking at a 3:2 “Canadian flag,” the usual telltale is too much white space above and below the maple leaf<\/strong>. That’s the easy way I caught all of the error flags you see above on my walk through Steveston on Canada Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNotably, it didn’t seem like the quality of the flag’s construction mattered much. I saw plenty of nicely finished fabric flags that were wrong, and as you can see, the line of plastic flag bunting was pretty much right. Most of the t-shirts with flags on them seemed correct, too. One can speculate, but it’s likely that if you’re an indifferent flag-printing enterprise, it’s really easy to dump every flag into a 3:2 production template, and who’s going to know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We will know. You and me. I haven’t blessed you with this knowledge, it’s a curse. Happy Canada Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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