[GH-ISSUE #211] Reasons for supported flag proportions #140

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opened 2026-03-03 14:34:51 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

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Originally created by @ttk on GitHub (Mar 15, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/lipis/flag-icons/issues/211

This project supports 3:4 and 1:1 flag proportions. I find this to be an odd choice because most flags proportions are 2:3 and 1:2. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_flags_proportions_by_country

I would like to know the rationale behind this decision. Personally I think supporting 2:3 would have been the easiest and most "accurate" choice.

Originally created by @ttk on GitHub (Mar 15, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/lipis/flag-icons/issues/211 This project supports 3:4 and 1:1 flag proportions. I find this to be an odd choice because most flags proportions are 2:3 and 1:2. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_flags_proportions_by_country I would like to know the rationale behind this decision. Personally I think supporting 2:3 would have been the easiest and most "accurate" choice.

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@lipis commented on GitHub (Mar 15, 2016):

these were the proprtions of the original project that had only the stand alone flags without the CSS... because people were complaining a lot.. the original creator couldn't keep up and he deleted the project. I'm still replying and I'm not ready to delete this project.. and I'm also not ready, nor willing to update ALL the flags to any other proportions other than the ones that exist at the moment (mainly because it's an open source project and if someone else wants it sooooooooooo much.. feel free to fork it and make it happen)

@lipis commented on GitHub (Mar 15, 2016): these were the proprtions of the original project that had only the stand alone flags without the CSS... because people were complaining a lot.. the original creator couldn't keep up and he deleted the project. I'm still replying and I'm not ready to delete this project.. and I'm also not ready, nor willing to update ALL the flags to any other proportions other than the ones that exist at the moment (mainly because it's an open source project and if someone else wants it sooooooooooo much.. feel free to fork it and make it happen)

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2026-03-03 14:34:53 +03:00

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@ttk commented on GitHub (Mar 15, 2016):

No need to get emotional and I want to keep this discussion technical. And I am not complaining, but just seeking clarification. So the short answer is that there isn't any technical limitation to having different flag proportions, and the current choice of proportions was arbitrarily chosen by the previous project maintainer. Fair enough.

@ttk commented on GitHub (Mar 15, 2016): No need to get emotional and I want to keep this discussion technical. And I am not complaining, but just seeking clarification. So the short answer is that there isn't any technical limitation to having different flag proportions, and the current choice of proportions was arbitrarily chosen by the previous project maintainer. Fair enough.

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@lipis commented on GitHub (Mar 15, 2016):

I'm not emotional sorry for that :) It's the whole written text.. if I would tell you this info over the beer it would be different..

The other problem is that someone will have to manually change/adjust/etc ALL the files.. to match this proportions.. which is not easy :)

Just check the history.. https://github.com/lipis/flag-icon-css/commits/master

For some flags is quite easy.. but some of them are quite complicated flags that we need to match them.

Also I would like to keep the SVGs consistent and clean as well.. so in reality the reasons that you don't see all these proportions.. is that I'm not getting paid to make flags :D:D But I love having consistent things..

(Nothing emotional.. just business)

@lipis commented on GitHub (Mar 15, 2016): I'm not emotional sorry for that :) It's the whole written text.. if I would tell you this info over the beer it would be different.. The other problem is that someone will have to manually change/adjust/etc ALL the files.. to match this proportions.. which is not easy :) Just check the history.. https://github.com/lipis/flag-icon-css/commits/master For some flags is quite easy.. but some of them are quite complicated flags that we need to match them. Also I would like to keep the SVGs consistent and clean as well.. so in reality the reasons that you don't see all these proportions.. is that I'm not getting paid to make flags :D:D But I love having consistent things.. (Nothing emotional.. just business)