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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

Alternate version of the flag De facto Version, no official law or edict making the flag official Historic flag no longer in use * No flag approved Normal presentation (view) * Proposal Reconstruction based upon written sources only Reverse (mirror image)

reverse side is not the same Sinister hoist - the flag is intended to be viewed with the staff on the right Two sided; the reverse is different from the obverse Variant - this flag is one of several which can be displayed

by(no flag and historical images) and Željko Heimer

* 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.