This certainly isn't DCRM SOP, but I just tried an experiment in MS-Word, typing two asterisks, then formatting the second one as superscript. What obtained was a smaller asterisk oriented slightly closer to the ascender line.<br>
<br>My point is that even though * is above x-height, technically it's not superscript,right? <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Charles F Tremper <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cftrempe@syr.edu">cftrempe@syr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Having recently encountered several books with gatherings marked with * , I am unsure of the preferred way to represent this.</div>
<div>While the character is available, it displays as a superscript. Is that acceptable, or is a descriptive term in brackets the way to go?</div>
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<div>Charles F. Tremper</div>
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