Star (glyph)

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In typography, a star is any of a number of glyphs with a number of triangular points arrayed within an imaginary circle.

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[edit] Four points

Name Character Codepoint
black four-pointed star U+2726
white four-pointed star U+2727

[edit] Five points

Name Character Codepoint
Arabic star ٭ U+066D
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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
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

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[edit] Six points

Name Character Codepoint
star of David U+2721
six-pointed black star U+2736

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[edit] Eight points

Name Character Codepoint
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

[edit] Twelve points

Name Character Codepoint
twelve-pointed black star U+2739

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