Star (glyph)

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Star in typography

In typography, a star is any of several glyphs with a number of points arrayed within an imaginary circle. A commonly used star symbol is the asterisk.

Four points[edit]

Name Character Code point
Black four-pointed star U+2726
White four-pointed star U+2727
Sparkles (emoji) U+2728
Square lozenge ("pillow") U+2311
Bamum script (Phase D) shii[citation needed] 𖥔 U+16954

Five points[edit]

Name Character Code point
star equals U+225B
star operator U+22C6
APL functional symbol circle star U+235F
APL functional symbol star diaeresis U+2363
black star U+2605
white star U+2606
star and crescent U+262A
outlined white star U+269D
pentagram U+26E4
right-handed interlaced pentagram U+26E5
left-handed interlaced pentagram U+26E6
inverted pentagram U+26E7
stress outlined white star U+2729
circled white star U+272A
open center black star U+272B
black center white star U+272C
outlined black star U+272D
heavy outlined black star U+272E
pinwheel star U+272F
shadowed white star U+2730
white medium star U+2B50
black small star U+2B51
white small star U+2B52
glowing star 🌟 U+1F31F
shooting star 🌠 U+1F320
Bamum script (Phase D) ngkeuri 𖤐 U+16910
low asterisk U+204E
full width asterisk U+FF0A
Arabic five-pointed star[a] ٭ U+066D

See also[edit]

Six points[edit]

Name Character Code point
asterisk operator U+2217
combining asterisk above U+20F0
Star of David U+2721
six-pointed black star U+2736
Slavonic asterisk U+A673
six-pointed star with middle dot/hexagram 🔯 U+1F52F
vai full stop U+A60E
Six spoke asterisk, various weights 🞵🞶🞷
🞸🞹🞺
U+1F7B5 to U+1F7BA
Star of Life

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Seven points[edit]

Eight points[edit]

Name Character Code point
Bengali script section mark U+2055
Rejang script section mark ꥟ U+A95F
eight-pointed black star U+2734
eight-pointed pinwheel star U+2735
eight-pointed rectilinear black star U+2737
heavy eight-pointed rectilinear black star U+2738
circled open center eight-pointed star U+2742
eight-pointed cuneiform star 𒀭 U+1202D
rub-el-hizb ۞ U+06DE
Bamum script (Phase D) ngkyee 𖤓 U+16913

Nine points[edit]

Name Character Code point
nine pointed white star (Baháʼí star) 🟙 U+1F7D9

See also[edit]

Ten points[edit]

Eleven points[edit]

Name Character Code point
Bamum script (Phase C) nten 𖣔 U+168D4

Twelve points[edit]

Name Character Code point
twelve-pointed black star U+2739

See also[edit]

Thirteen points[edit]

Fourteen points[edit]

Fifteen points[edit]

Sixteen points[edit]

Name Character Code point
sixteen pointed asterisk U+273A

See also[edit]

Multiple stars[edit]

Name Character Code point # of Stars
sparkles (emoji) U+2728 3 (18 including background stars)
two asterisks aligned vertically U+2051 2
asterism U+2042 3
Canadian syllabics tth U+156F 2
Bamum script (Phase D) ndeux 𖤉 U+16909 2

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Although this character is defined in the Unicode reference as having five points, in some fonts it has a different number. In some, such as Arial Unicode MS, it even has six.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ARABIC FIVE POINTED STAR (U+066D) Font Support". fileformat.info.

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