Star (grapheme)
In typography, a star is any of several graphemes with a number of points arrayed within an imaginary circle. A commonly used star symbol is the asterisk.
The list below is arranged by number of points typically found on the star grapheme, but this may differ according which font is in use. Type designers may specify a glyph for a particular grapheme that has a different number of points. For example, whether the asterisk grapheme has a five or a six point glyph depends on typeface being used. In this article, the glyphs displayed are determined by the system font on the reader's computer operating systems and web browsers: a colleague using a different system may see slightly different forms. For the same reason, some glyphs may be shown on some systems in their emoji variant rather than their text form.
Four points
✦ ✧ ✨ ⌑ ?Five points
- * When combined with and this character is displayed as the emoji Keycap Asterisk: *️⃣
- * This character has an emoji presentation when used with.
Six points
- * "may be used to represent the telephony asterisk seen on keypads".
- * This character has an emoji presentation when used with.
- Six spoke asterisk, various weights
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- ** "may represent the 'star' symbol devised in ITU-T E.161 for use on telephony devices"
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- Star of Life:
- Astronomical symbol for star:
Seven points
- Commonwealth Star
- Heptagram
Eight points
- * This character has an emoji presentation when used with.
Nine points
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- Hendecagram
Twelve points
Thirteen points
- Tridecagram
Fourteen points
- Tetradecagram
Fifteen points
- Pentadecagram
Sixteen points
Multiple stars