I'm no vexillologist, but I prefer the trapezoid. It means the flag can be constructed entirely out parallelograms. With a triangle though, you need to use an ugly concave pentagon.
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I really like Kuwait's flag. It's bold, and it looks a bit 3D.
I don't think it looks great when some other device is superimposed on the trapezoid like in the other two examples you give. I generally don't like things superimposed on triangles either, though.
Plus the other two look a bit off-center
I agree, triangles generally look better. The trapezoids always seem clumsy
While I prefer triangles, the trapezoids still look nice. And like you said, they make them more distinct from other flags.
I think one vexologist said to another "we should get rid of these triangles" and the other said "just the tip." And now we have some trapezoids.
this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2023
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