Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt

Replying to @⁨xethos@mastodon.xethos.net⁩

@xethos Oh, it's still known as "star" in language. It's just the typographic symbol that's a sextile.

And the octothrope is meant to be known as "square", but they note:

In some countries an alternative term (e.g. "hash", "pound" or "number sign") may be necessary for this
purpose, particularly where the form in Figure 4 is commonly used

Square symbol with lines of equal length horizontal and vertical with overlaps at the ends
Square symbol with lines of equal length horizontal and vertical with overlaps at the ends
Alternative square symbol with the vertical lines at an 80 degree angle rather than 90 degree
Alternative square symbol with the vertical lines at an 80 degree angle rather than 90 degree
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