Re: Re: Adding half-star to Unicode?

narchist_star.svg >>> >>> FIVE PIONTED STAR WITH BLACK LOWER RIGHT HALF = anarchist star >>> ANARCHIST STAR EMOJI >>> >>> --Jörg Knappen >>> >>> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 24. Juni 2016 um 14:12 Uhr >>> *Von:* "Frédéric Grossh

Re: Re: Adding half-star to Unicode?

6 um 14:12 Uhr > *Von:* "Frédéric Grosshans" <frederic.grossh...@gmail.com> > *An:* unicode@unicode.org > *Betreff:* Re: Adding half-star to Unicode? > Le 24/06/2016 00:37, Leo Broukhis a écrit : > > For a previous discussion on the topic, please see > > the thread "M

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ANARCHIST STAR EMOJI   --Jörg Knappen   Gesendet: Freitag, 24. Juni 2016 um 14:12 Uhr Von: "Frédéric Grosshans" <frederic.grossh...@gmail.com> An: unicode@unicode.org Betreff: Re: Adding half-star to Unicode? Le 24/06/2016 00:37, Leo Broukhis a écrit : > For a previous discus

Re: Adding half-star to Unicode?

Le 24/06/2016 00:37, Leo Broukhis a écrit : For a previous discussion on the topic, please see the thread "Missing geometric shapes" around 11/12/12 The thread starts here : http://www.unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/y2012-m11/0008.html It contains an example of half-filled star used in RTL

RE: Adding half-star to Unicode?

tomato...) tex -Original Message- From: Unicode [mailto:unicode-boun...@unicode.org] On Behalf Of Ken Whistler Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 3:35 PM To: Garth Wallace Cc: unicode@unicode.org Subject: Re: Adding half-star to Unicode? On 6/23/2016 3:01 PM, Garth Wallace wrote: > But preced

Re: Adding half-star to Unicode?

For a previous discussion on the topic, please see the thread "Missing geometric shapes" around 11/12/12 Leo On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Ken Shirriff wrote: > Half-stars are used all over the place for reviews and many people have > expressed interest in a Unicode

Re: Adding half-star to Unicode?

On 6/23/2016 3:01 PM, Garth Wallace wrote: But precedent is for separate WITH LEFT HALF BLACK and WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK geometric shapes. Also, I'm not sure if the BLACK HALF STAR and STAR WITH LEFT HALF BLACK are entirely interchangeable. I agree. If we are going to do this, a set of 4

Re: Adding half-star to Unicode?

Op 23-6-2016 om 21:53 schreef Ken Shirriff: Half-stars are used all over the place for reviews and many people have expressed interest in a Unicode half star. I propose two new Unicode characters: half a BLACK STAR (★) and a half-filled WHITE STAR (☆), i.e. a half star without and with an

Re: Adding half-star to Unicode?

On 6/23/2016 3:01 PM, Garth Wallace wrote: But precedent is for separate WITH LEFT HALF BLACK and WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK geometric shapes. Correct - best to not mix mirroring defaults Also, I'm not sure if

Re: Adding half-star to Unicode?

There are also cases where these ratings are using a fixed number of stars, but ALL of them are filled. Only the fiull color changes: the rating shows for example the main rating stars in a plain contrasting blue, the other stars are soft grey shades (less contrastng on the background. And in this

Re: Adding half-star to Unicode?

But precedent is for separate WITH LEFT HALF BLACK and WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK geometric shapes. Also, I'm not sure if the BLACK HALF STAR and STAR WITH LEFT HALF BLACK are entirely interchangeable. I usually see the former in situations using a variable number of glyphs, where the number of glyphs

Re: Adding half-star to Unicode?

You're right, mirroring for RTL, and vertical presentation may avoid creating 4 characters, only one would then be needed: HALF-BLACK WHITE STAR ... 2016-06-23 23:34 GMT+02:00 Garth Wallace : > On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Ken Shirriff > wrote: >

Re: Adding half-star to Unicode?

Only one of the two would be enough: the existing **full** white star (☆), but only half filled. However a second one may be needed for RTL : half filling may be done on the left or right side of the white star. This would then be WHITE STAR WITH LEFT HALF BLACK, WHITE STAR WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK

Re: Adding half-star to Unicode?

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Ken Shirriff wrote: > Half-stars are used all over the place for reviews and many people have > expressed interest in a Unicode half star. I propose two new Unicode > characters: half a BLACK STAR (★) and a half-filled WHITE STAR (☆),

Adding half-star to Unicode?

Half-stars are used all over the place for reviews and many people have expressed interest in a Unicode half star. I propose two new Unicode characters: half a BLACK STAR (★) and a half-filled WHITE STAR (☆), i.e. a half star without and with an outline. What do you think? Is there any reason