Add turned five-pointing asterisk * (#638).

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@@ -2,4 +2,129 @@
  * Fix dot removal on various derived glyphs (#513).
  * Fix styling features for Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Serbian (#514).
  * Fix seam on certain Cyrillic letters with descender shape (#517).
- * Fix compatibility ligature building (#524). Also moved metric override configuration, compatibility ligature configuration and character removal configuration into build plans.
+ * Fix compatibility ligature building (#524). Also moved metric override configuration, compatibility ligature configuration and character removal configuration into build plans.
+ * **Prerelease changes**
+   * **3.0.0-rc.8**
+      * Fix shape of combining small capitals (U+1DDB, U+1DDE, U+1DDF, U+1DE1, and U+1DE2; #500).
+      * Fix shape of H-cedilla (U+1E28 and U+1E29; #499).
+      * Fix incorrect mapping of U+228D (was U+228E) (#501).
+      * Fix shape of U+0478 and U+0479 (#503).
+      * Fix broken shape of R-stroke (#504).
+      * Fix shape of U+21B9 (#505).
+      * Change feature name `fwid` → `WWID`, `hwid` → `NWID`.
+      * Fix Iosevka Curly's default mapping of `@` (#509).      
+   * **3.0.0-rc.7**
+      * Fixed phonetic ligatures' shape. Now they are connected more closely (#488).
+      * Fix shape of U+AB30, U+AB64 and U+1DE7 (#489).
+      * Fix export of U+478 and U+479.
+      * Fix shape of U+029A, U+1D08, U+1D4C (#491).
+      * Add U+AB66 and U+AB67 (#488).
+      * Fix shape of U+1DF0 (#497).      
+   * **3.0.0-rc.6**
+      * Add IEC power symbol.
+      * Add straight lambda (`λ`) shape, and corresponded variant selector `cv94`. Old shape is placed under `cv95` (#467).
+      * Add U+2423 `OPEN BOX` (`␣`) (#469).
+      * Add Bashkir Ka (U+04A0, U+04A1) (#441).
+      * Fixed mapping for U+028C, U+034D.
+      * Fixed the thickness of thick arrows under full width.
+      * Fixed missing `TM` and `SM` symbol.
+      * Fixed weight of dotted numbers.
+      * Fix APL symbols' metric under Aile.
+      * Make `m.shortleg` more distinctive (#471).
+      * Add ligation for waved double-headed-arrow (#475).
+      * Expand the ligation set for colons to all dotty operators (#476).
+      * Added variants for `9` like a turned `6` (#363).      
+   * **3.0.0-rc.5**
+      * Add reverse-slashed zero (#438).
+      * Add U+1F8B0 and U+1F8B1 (#459).
+      * Fixed broken shape around `srtail`, `Sswash` and `sswash`.
+      * Fix `no-cv-ss` building (#460).
+      * Retrocomputing symbols are now defaults to half-width.
+      * Made variant selectors work for turned letters.
+      * Make `ligset-dlig` usable from custom build (#463).      
+   * **3.0.0-rc.4**
+      * Fix OTL script tag of default script (`dflt` -> `DFLT`). Though most shaping engine would not be impacted by the incorrect tag in earlier versions.
+      * Add large brackets (U+239B ... U+23AD) and extensible integral symbols (U+2320, U+2321, U+23AE).
+      * Add arrow U+21DE, U+21DF, U+2908, U+2909.
+      * Add logical symbol U+22A9, U+22AA, U+22AB, U+22AE, U+22AF.
+      * Cancelled ligation around regex look-around.
+      * Implement thousand-digit grouping under `THND` feature.
+      * Shape refinements of digit `1` and `6`.      
+   * **3.0.0-rc.3**
+      * Fix shape of `smcpGhooktop` (U+029B) and `uogonek.withoutBar`.
+      * Make the dotless `i` and `j` CCMP feature work for more related characters and stylized forms.
+      * Fix substitution of i-ogonek and upper combining marks.
+      * Fix broken shape of tildes.
+      * Fix broken degree-C and degree-F ligature.
+      * Fix broken cup (`∪`) and cap (`∩`) symbol.      
+   * **3.0.0-rc.2**
+      * Change the glyph shape for U+1E10 “Ḑ” and U+1E11 “ḑ” to D-comma rather than D-cedilla.
+      * Add toothless `G`.
+      * Rename private feature tags to follow [OTSpec’s vendor-specific tag guide](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/featuretags).      
+   * **3.0.0-rc.1**
+      * The packaging and spacing is significantly changed:
+         * `Iosevka` → Kept, but made arrows and geometric symbols wide.
+         * `Iosevka Term` → `Iosevka Fixed`.
+         * `Iosevka TermLig` → `Iosevka Term`.
+         * `Iosevka Type` → Removed.
+         * `Iosevka CC` → Removed.
+      * Fix “Lucida” style's `one` character.
+      * Added weight “Book”.
+      * Fix broken shape of heavy curly V, etc.
+      * Improve double-line arrow ligations.
+      * Add diamond-shaped `<>` ligation, and enabled that for Haskell.
+      * Added bar-less `u` variants, and JetBrains Mono:
+         * Assigned `cv90` to this variant.
+         * Assigned `ss14` to the stylistic set.      
+   * **3.0.0-beta.3**
+      * Made the curly-bar variant via OpenType tag `ss20`.
+      * Alias U+2B95 to U+27A1.
+      * Add symbol U+22DA, U+22DB, U+23B0, U+23B1, etc.
+      * Finished the unicode block that supports retro computer characters.
+      * Building: The shape weight is now a continuous space.      
+   * **3.0.0-beta.2**
+      * Fix horn connection on O-horn with tone marks: `Ờ ờ Ớ ớ Ở ở Ỡ ỡ Ợ ợ`.
+      * Optimize the anchor position of `R` and `ɏ` (U+024F).      
+   * **3.0.0-beta.1**
+      * Fix the shape of `Rrotunda` (U+A75A) and `rrotunda` (U+A75B).
+      * Make curly `k` under Slab variants look more different than the straight ones.
+      * Fixed minor stroke overflow on `A`.
+      * Fix O-hook connection.
+      * Add more math symbols (`≺`, `≻`, `⊏`, `⊐`, etc.) for Agda.      
+   * **3.0.0-alpha.5**
+      * Made hooks' terminal flat, which applies to `a`, `c`, `e`, etc.
+      * Add variant selector for `f`: `v-f-serifed`.
+      * Add variant selectors for `r`: `v-r-standard`, `v-r-serifed`, `v-r-top-serifed`.
+      * Fix various `r`-related glyphs' shape.
+      * Fix shape of cursive `k` under Slab shape.
+      * Fix Bulgarian Tse shape.
+      * Add `fwid` and `hwid` for Powerline.
+      * Default `g` to single-storey.      
+   * **3.0.0-alpha.4**
+      * Added three-line ligation of `===` and `!==` for JavaScript, PHP, etc.
+      * Default ligature set selector: `ligset-javascript` and `ligset-php`.
+      * Cherry-picking configuration selector: `eqeqeq` and `exeqeq`.
+      * OpenType tags: `XJS0`, `XPHP`.
+      * Exposed curly-vs-straight letterform selectors.
+      * OpenType tags are from `cv70` to `cv83`.
+      * Fixed style linking for extended variants.      
+   * **3.0.0-alpha.3**
+      * Added ligation for `~>`, `<~`, `~~>`, etc.
+      * Further refined the shapes of APL symbols.
+      * Added old-style numbers. Feature `onum` and `lnum` are enabled.      
+   * **3.0.0-alpha.2**
+      * Extended width will be built automatically and integrate into existing families.
+      * Added more letter-like symbols: `⅋`, `ℂ`, `ℍ`, `ℙ`, `ℕ`, `ℚ`, `ℝ`, `ℤ`, `ℵ`, `ℶ`.
+      * Refine the height of brackets and symbols.
+      * Renamed various variant selectors:
+         * `v-m-longleg` → `v-m-normal`
+         * `v-one-hooky` → `v-one-nobase`
+         * `v-one-serifed` → `v-one-base`
+         * `v-seven-normal` → `v-seven-noserif`
+         * `v-seven-force-serifed` → `v-seven-serifed`
+      * Added `v-lig-ltgteq-flat` (`cv66`) and `v-lig-ltgteq-slanted` (`cv67`) to change the shape of `<=` and `>=` ligation.      
+   * **3.0.0-alpha.1**
+      * The letters `k`, `x`, `v`, `A`, etc. will now use straight legs by default. The “curly” families will keep the old shape.
+      * Note this is a parameter difference rather than variant. So there won’t be a `cv##` or `ss##` variant selector.
+      * Introduced a curly italic `k` with untagged variant `v-k-italic`.
+      * Introduced `ss12` OpenType tag for Ubuntu-Mono style as well as a prebuilt `SS12` family.
diff --git a/changes/3.4.0.md b/changes/3.4.0.md
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
  * Add tailed two-story `a` (#637).
+ * Add turned five-pointing asterisk `*` (#638).
diff --git a/font-src/glyphs/symbol-punctuation.ptl b/font-src/glyphs/symbol-punctuation.ptl
@@ -928,19 +928,20 @@ glyph-block Symbol-Punctuation-Asterisk : begin
 
 	local asteriskCenterY : parenTop - LongJut * 1.5
 	local asteriskKinds : list
-		list 5 1.2  Stroke         'asterisk'       'high'    'low'     'midXH'
-		list 5 0.85 Stroke         'smallasterisk'  'high'    'low'     ''
-		list 5 1    GeometryStroke 'opAsterisk'     'high'    'low'     ''
-		list 6 1.2  Stroke         'asterisk'       'hexhigh' 'hexlow'  ''
-	foreach [{sides size stroke name high low midXH} : items-of asteriskKinds] : begin
+		list 5 1.2  0 Stroke         'asterisk'       'high'          'low'           'midXH'
+		list 5 0.85 0 Stroke         'smallasterisk'  'high'          'low'           ''
+		list 5 1    0 GeometryStroke 'opAsterisk'     'high'          'low'           ''
+		list 6 1.2  0 Stroke         'asterisk'       'hexhigh'       'hexlow'        ''
+		list 5 1.2  1 Stroke         'asterisk'       'turnPentaHigh' 'turnPentaLow'  ''
+	foreach [{sides size rot stroke name high low midXH} : items-of asteriskKinds] : begin
 		sketch
 			local radius : LongJut * size
 			local fine : stroke * 0.4
 			local final : 0.5 * [Math.min stroke (radius * Math.PI / sides)]
 
 			foreach j [range 0 sides] : begin
-				local s : Math.sin (j / sides * Math.PI * 2)
-				local c : Math.cos (j / sides * Math.PI * 2)
+				local s : Math.sin ((2 * j / sides + rot) * Math.PI)
+				local c : Math.cos ((2 * j / sides + rot) * Math.PI)
 				include : dispiro
 					flat Middle asteriskCenterY [widths fine fine]
 					curl (Middle + radius * s) (asteriskCenterY + radius * c) [widths final final]
@@ -959,7 +960,7 @@ glyph-block Symbol-Punctuation-Asterisk : begin
 	select-variant 'asterisk' '*'
 	select-variant 'asterisk' nothing
 		to-name   -- 'asterisk.dfltlow'
-		transform -- {.high 'low' .hexhigh 'hexlow'}
+		transform -- { .high 'low' .hexhigh 'hexlow' .turnPentaHigh 'turnPentaLow' }
 
 glyph-block Symbol-Punctuation-Slashes-And-Number-Sign : begin
 	glyph-block-import CommonShapes

diff --git a/params/variants.toml b/params/variants.toml
@@ -707,6 +707,18 @@ sampler = "*"
 description = 'Lower six-pointed asterisk `*`'
 variant.asterisk = "hexlow"
 
+[simple.v-asterisk-flip-penta-high]
+tag = 'VXBV'
+sampler = '*'
+description = 'Higher five-pointed and turned asterisk `*`'
+variant.asterisk = 'turnPentaHigh'
+
+[simple.v-asterisk-flip-penta-low]
+tag = 'VXBW'
+sampler = '*'
+description = 'Lower five-pointed and turned asterisk `*`'
+variant.asterisk = 'turnPentaLow'
+
 [simple.v-underscore-high]
 tag = 'cv20'
 sampler = '_'