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Re:Online flag waver by harrisjt on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @02:39PM (#16631295)
What types of patterns don't work on realistic flags?
Re:Online flag waver by cmg on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:24PM (#16632814)
Stuff that's heavily reliant on text, mostly. So we'll try to use logo marks that are identifiable as the brand instead of using the full place's name.
Re:Online flag waver by zeveb on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @06:17PM (#16633278)
Sounds like adapting rules for mediæval heraldry might be useful for y'all. Shields & livery, after all, were meant to be clearly visible from a distance, in poor conditions, while the viewers were in psychological distress.

Likewise, flags which use bold swathes of colour & logos are more likely to be recognisable than wordy texts.

Re:Online flag waver by ggg9990 on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @10:20PM (#16634773)
Also some words are confusing when flapping around and some are not, depending on how many other words can be formed with the letters that are not visible. Perhaps some algorithm could be made to ascertain the flagworthiness of a string.