[pstricks] Designing the US Flag with PSTricks

[Juergen Gilg]

Dear List,
>
> is there anybody within the list, who already investigated some time 
> in generating the US Flag with PSTricks in the prescribed dimensions 
> and prescribed colors?
>
on private email i received a link where the necessary proportions are 
described:

http://www.usflag.org/flagspecs.html

Here a possible result in PSTricks for anybody who is interested:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pstricks,pst-eucl,pstricks-add}

\definecolor{USred}{HTML}{B22234}
\definecolor{USblue}{HTML}{3C3B6E}

\begin{document}
\psscalebox{0.5}{%
\begin{pspicture}(0,0)(19,10)
%% White Background = Proportion of the flag
\psframe[fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=white,linecolor=white](0,0)(19,10)

%% 7 red stripes: 13 stripes alternating red (7) and white (6)
\multido{\rA=0+1.538}{7}{%
\rput(0,\rA){\psframe[fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=USred,linecolor=USred](0,0)(!19 
10 13 div)}
}

%%Blue rectangle in the upper left (Union)
\psframe[fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=USblue,linecolor=USblue](!0 6 13 div 
10 mul)(!2 5 div 19 mul 10)

%%PENTAGRAMM
\def\star{%
\psset{PointSymbol=none,PointName=none}
\def\outer{0.308}
\pnode(\outer;90){A}
\pnode(\outer;162){B}
\pnode(\outer;234){C}
\pnode(\outer;306){D}
\pnode(\outer;18){E}
\pstInterLL{A}{C}{B}{E}{A1}
\pstInterLL{A}{C}{B}{D}{B1}
\pstInterLL{B}{D}{C}{E}{C1}
\pstInterLL{C}{E}{D}{A}{D1}
\pstInterLL{B}{E}{D}{A}{E1}
\pspolygon[fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=white,linecolor=white]
(A)(A1)(B)(B1)(C)(C1)(D)(D1)(E)(E1)
}

%% Arrangment of the stars
%% 5 lines with 6 stars
\multido{\rV=9.462+-1.076}{5}{%
\multido{\rL=0.633+1.266}{6}{%
\rput(\rL,\rV){\star}
}}
%% 4 lines with 5 stars
\multido{\rV=8.924+-1.076}{4}{%
\multido{\rL=1.266+1.266}{5}{%
\rput(\rL,\rV){\star}
}}
\end{pspicture}
}
\end{document}

Best regards,

Jürgen

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