Nobody needs to hear this, but…
The "star" key on a telephone is actually represented by a sextile ⚹ according to ITU recommendation E.161
Many smartphone dialers get this wrong and use an asterisk *, full-width asterisk ＊, or asterisk operator ∗
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Replying to @LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt
@LilahTovMoon I kind of wonder if that's actually in an ISO standard like ISO 7000 ("Graphical symbols for use on equipment - Registered symbols").
(And I don't want to pay up my nose to get a copy of ISO 7000 and check if telephony symbols are there. I know e.g. the automotive dashboard symbols are there.)
Replying to @umbraroze@tech.lgbt
@umbraroze It's from the ITU so you can read it for free: https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-E.161/en
"Arrangement of digits, letters and symbols on telephones and other devices that can be used for gaining access to a telephone network"
www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-E.161/enReplying to @LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt
include('memes.h')
MEME_LOTR_SECOND_BREAKFAST(
"What about the standard?",
"You already have the ITU standard.",
"Aye, we have the Industry Standard.",
"But what about the International Standard?"
)
Replying to @umbraroze@tech.lgbt
just checked a British Telecom 8782 (DTMF variant of 700 series) and a Viscount I happen to have close to hand (as well as a newer Motorola long distance DECT handset) and they do all have the correct star, whereas Android diallers just use a * from the normal character set..