Stephan Stiller (2012-11-07 21:35): >> >> HIGHEST RATING ***** >> HIGHER RATING ****+ >> HIGH RATING **** >> MID-HIGH RATING ***+ >> MEDIUM RATING *** >> MID-LOW RATING **+ >> LOW RATING ** >> LOWER RATING *+ >> LOWEST RATING * >> NO RATING >> >> This way font designers could choose more freely how to display ratings, >> e.g. by thumb or arrow up or down, partially filled disc, tomato, five stars >> in the same space as 1 star … > > If I understand this correctly, this would lead to a bias for using a 5-star > scale for ratings.
No, like P- Baehr says, stars (5-tier, or 9 with half-stars) would be just one option for font designers, but they could also use other symbols, which may work better with 2 levels (e.g. lowest, highest), 3 (add medium), 4 (lowest, low, high, highest) etc.
