[Minionpro-devel] \textasteriskcentered not actually centered

2009-08-07 Thread Lev Bishop 
The \textasteriskcentered is not actually centered. This is a problem
because when you use it as a footnote symbol it gets superscripted
again, ending up with a very small footnote symbol. This happens for
example if you \usepackage{fixltx2e}.

Also, on the topic of asterisks, is there any chance to get
six-pointed asterisks added to MnSymbol? Maybe with a package option
to choose those instead. I personally find the 5-pointed version quite
ugly (it's the only symbol I've used from MinionPro / MnSymbol that I
really wanted to replace -- everything else is quite tasteful). I have
a problem with 5-pointed asterisks in general (they seem too
lightweight somehow) and the Minion ones are especially ugly (to my
mind) because they're not even symmetrical, being slightly rotated to
the right. This applies to the MinionPro asterisk as well as the
MnSymbol $*$, $\oast$, $\bigoast$ etc.

Thanks,

Lev Bishop
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Re: [Minionpro-devel] \textasteriskcentered not actually centered

2009-08-07 Thread Lev Bishop 
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 08:55, Achim Blumensath wrote:
  I don't recall ever seeing a five-pointed mathematical
 asterisk in any books or papers I have read.

 That's just because most mathematical texts are set in a baroque or
 romantic typeface like Times or Modern, which have asterisks with six
 tear-drop shaped arms.

I'm sure you are right that most mathematical texts are set in baroque
or modern typefaces. But it's more than that: even those texts that
are set in old-style typefaces still use 6-armed asterisks. For
example, the journals Nature and Nature Physics are currently set in
Minion, but they use 6-armed math asterisks (I can send you a reprint
if you'd like to see). Paul Hudak's book The Haskell school of
expression is set in Lucida Bright, but uses 6-armed math asterisks.
I'm sure there are other examples. These are just what I found now.

One final argument for using 6-pointed $*$: it makes the five-pointed
$\star$ much more easily distinguished from $*$.

Lev
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