Multiplication sign, using ‘*’ or ‘x’
In mathematics, the operators provided on keyboard are quite clear for addition, subtraction and divide: + - /
.
The multiplication sign *
might be familiar as the multiplication for programmer, but I'm not sure about ordinary user. I don't know if I should use *
or x
for multiplication.
The purpose is to provide user detail of how each field will be used:
One drawback I can think of is if using x
might rely on font face and if user changes the font, x
might not be appear like multiplication sign.
Also, by the standard *
(asterisk) should be used to multiplication, but
I'm not sure about its readability.