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I was working on a project that required a large US flag that was strictly to specification. Surprisingly, I discovered that many US flags are not to specification, and many are wildly out of specification ... even ones made by supposedly reputable US manufacturers (Annin, Valley Forge, etc.). One of the manufacturers told me specifically that they do not measure their flags to see if they conform to specifications.

Long story short, I had to make my own vector graphic strictly according to the US flag specifications in . I figured someone else might have a use for it.

I was working on a project that required a large US flag that was strictly to specification. Surprisingly, I discovered that many US flags are not to specification, and many are wildly out of specification ... even ones made by supposedly reputable US manufacturers (Annin, Valley Forge, etc.). One of the manufacturers told me specifically that they do not measure their flags to see if they conform to specifications. Long story short, I had to make my own vector graphic strictly according to the US flag specifications in [Executive Order 10834](http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title4/pdf/USCODE-2011-title4-chap1.pdf). I figured someone else might have a use for it.

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[–] • 3 pts

Thank you very much for sharing your efforts.

[–] • 3 pts

Sure. It's a pain in the ass to create, so I figured someone shouldn't have to recreate the wheel. The most difficult part is getting the stars precisely the correct size and positioned precisely.

[–] • 2 pts

Thanks for sharing it!

I also just added svg support to poal expando.

[–] • 0 pt (edited )

I found some jewtube videos ( showing two flags manufactured by Valley Forge), and ( showing one manufactured by Annin), which clearly shows how out of specification they are.

Check out the top and bottom row of stars and where they line up with the red stripes. Compare that with the actual US flag specification.

Maybe it doesn't matter to you, but it bothers me that they can't even bother to follow the specification. It makes the flag look sloppy. The distance from the edge of the blue to the center of the first row of stars is supposed to be exactly the same distance as between the rows of stars. The point is to make a uniform field of stars, neat and centered with equal spacing throughout. Their sloppiness leaves a huge gap at the top and bottom of the blue field.

, with a giant blue gap on all four sides. It looks like .