Re: Adding RAINBOW FLAG to Unicode

From: Asmus Freytag (t) <asmus-inc_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 12:52:04 -0700

Or a flag inversion modifier… recently I discovered that the Philippines flag, for example, has a special meaning (we are at war) when inverted.  Just a thought.

Rather than modifiers, I think a more natural thing would be to have different base characters that reflect whether it's a flag, a pennant, waving, flying from a flag stock or whatever other variety.

Base characters could be limited to an "approved" list, which could be extended as needed to cater to actual demand.

In this context, I dislike the current proposal to use a WAVING flag as a base character for non-waving plan and rectangular images of flags.
A./

-steve

On Jul 1, 2015, at 10:38 AM, Doug Ewell <doug@ewellic.org> wrote:

<dzo at bisharat dot net> wrote:

Whatever notation that might be added to whatever decision is
ultimately made on this should probably mention historic use of the
rainbow flag by the peace movement. See for example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_flag#Rainbow_flag

The colors of the rainbow peace flag (purple on top) are often inverted
with respect to the LGBT flag (red on top), making them essentially two
different flags.

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Doug Ewell | http://ewellic.org | Thornton, CO 🇺🇸

Received on Mon Jul 06 2015 - 14:52:59 CDT