Re: Flag Symbols in Emoji

From: James Kass (thunder-bird@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Dec 22 2008 - 01:25:11 CST


Christopher Fynn wrote,

>This seems like a reasonable solution which, as far as is possible,
>avoids contention . When countries chage their flag, perhaps variation
>selectors could be used to specify the particular version ...

By extension, only one flag character need be encoded
with all national variants being accessed through
variation selectors.

Why stop with national flags and future changes? What about
state flags, city flags, corporate flags, historical flags?

How about simply treating flags as "signage"?

Best regards,

James Kass



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