Re: Conlang Flag Design

David Peterson wrote:

> *Any* color other than purple would be good.   I really liked red,
> but I can understand it's viewed as too confrontational.
I've added a version using red.

> Whatever the color is (and this applies to purple, too), I think it
> should be lighter as opposed to darker, because combined with
> the black, a flag with a dark color would just look to dingy...   So
> for the purple, I'd say row 2, column 2.
I notice that I actually stuffed up a bit - your choice is actually
identical to mine. Updating flag now ... done.

> Now for some technical points. I like the design, but I'm a bit
> wary of the white touching the yellow.   Could the yellow vertical
> line at the top be removed?   Also, would it look very bad if the
> vowel space was changed from yellow to white?   And I *wonder*
> (not enough to suggest; just wondering) what it would look like
> if the tongues weren't outlined in yellow...
??? But the vowel space isn't yellow. Of course, you're welcome to
submit a variation to show what you mean/prefer.

Incidentally, your rising sun design has potential, I think, but I
would ask for the hieroglyph to be made larger and thicker relative to
the sun. In fact, I'd like it to actually touch the ground so that it
looks a bit like a tree on the horizon at sunrise (also, I'd prefer it
wasn't a JPEG image so that it could have crisper edges).

David Peterson wrote, quoting Shanth:

> <<The images are at
> http://home.iitk.ac.in/student/shanth/images/ceremonial.png and
> http://home.iitk.ac.in/student/shanth/images/normal.png>>
>
> The first one's very pretty, though wouldn't work so well as a flag.
> The second one would, however.   I kind of like it: Bright, colorful, and
> has a book.   I imagine that it could have a bookless variant (just like
> Spain has two versions of its flag: One with a seal, and one without).
> I think it's a worthy addition (the second one).
A rationale is required.

Adrian.