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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 13 Mar 1997.
Re: Was: REQ: Star Shape. Now: Funny off topics...

Re: Was: REQ: Star Shape. Now: Funny off topics...

> And as a special bonus quesiton:  Why is the five-pointed "star"
> charater shown as a "six"-pointed star on the IBM-compatible keyboard?

WHAT five-pointed star? An asterisk can have has many or as few points as
the font designer wants to give it. Anyway, a six-pointed asterisk is
much easier for the person designing the keycaps to draw. Three lines --
zhoop, zhoop, zhoop, done.

Besides, before font madness swept the world, NOBODY CARED how many
[expletive deleted] points an asterisk had (grumble, grumble, grumble...).

Nevertheless, I eagerly await the announcement of the correct answer....

Dan Strychalski
dsk...@cameonet.cameo.com.tw

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From: dsk...@cameonet.cameo.com.tw
Subject: Re: Was: REQ: Star Shape. Now: Funny off topics...
Date: 1997/03/13
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