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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks for clearing that up.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">A./<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/30/2023 3:13 PM, Steven R. Loomis
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The page has changed since we’ve started discussing it.
<div>- <a
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<div>It’s now «*⁎*»</div>
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<div>the original template is at <a
href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Template:Inverted_asterism"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Template:Inverted_asterism</a> </div>
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<div>On Mar 30, 2023, at 5:03 PM, Asmus Freytag via Unicode
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/30/2023 9:54 AM, David
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">There doesn't seem to be an inverted asterism in Unicode. Is there a
good reason there's not?
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Monthly_scrap_book,_for_February.pdf/24" moz-do-not-send="true">https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Monthly_scrap_book,_for_February.pdf/24</a>
shows the example I have at hand, from an 1832 English-language
periodical from Scotland.
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<p><font face="Candara">The primary reason would seem to
be that no successful proposal has been submitted.</font></p>
<p><font face="Candara">A successful proposal would
establish that this cannot be rendered with a simple
text sequence and also that this usage isn't a
one-off.</font></p>
<p><font face="Candara">As rendered on my browser, the
transcription shows a text sequence, but with the
defect of being composed using a five-pointed
asterisk in the lower position. (I don't see any use
of CSS).</font></p>
<p><font face="Candara">I note that the original lacks
overlap which makes it impossible to be certain
whether the typesetter used a single slug or three.<br>
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<p><font face="Candara">In making an encoding decision,
several determinations would have to be made.</font></p>
<p><font face="Candara">(1) does the attested usage rise
to the level where encoding is warranted (or is this
limited to a single document or otherwise not worth
preserving in plain text)?<br>
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(2) does the example represent a single glyph or a
sequence?</font></p>
<p><font face="Candara">(3) if a sequence, is every
element encoded?</font></p>
<p><font face="Candara">(4) if a single glyph, is it
sufficient if it can be represented using some rich
text? (italics, rotation, etc).</font></p>
<p><font face="Candara">We don't really have an
algorithm yet for deriving these determinations
unambiguously from the input data; it would be best
if we had a proposal on record so we can have a
disposition on record. Whether positive or negative,
that would help settle future requests.<br>
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At this point, there's a question whether the
proposal should request a lower, six-pointed
asterisk or a the inverted asterism, and whether it
is possible to adduce enough data to help in making
that decision.</font></p>
<p><font face="Candara">What we need for cases like this
would be a place for proposals that are in a public
"pending" state, so that people other than the
proposer can adduce additional evidence over time
without the need to immediately come down one way or
the other.</font></p>
<p><font face="Candara">A./<br>
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