Make born asterisk icon tiny (instead of small) (#273)

* Make born asterisk icon tiny (instead of small)

The asterisk optically looks huge, even as "small". When using "tiny" it looks better.

* add raisebox to born symbol

* Update CHANGELOG

* Fix typo in CHANGELOG
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- Document how to set custom strings for social command (#239)
- Correct documentation to reflect new order \moderncvcolor before \moderncvstyle (#256)
- Adding optional \postscript{PS text} command to cover letter in all current styles (#271)
- Decreasing the size of born symbol to "tiny" and raising it by .5ex,
to look typograpically more in line with born symbols outside moderncv (#273)
version 2.5.1 (31 Jan 2026)
- Fix french babel breaking contemporary style (#219)

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%\renewcommand*{\matrixsocialsymbol} {}
% \renewcommand*{\arxivsocialsymbol} {{\color{arxiv}{\small\faarXiv}}~}
% \renewcommand*{\inspiresocialsymbol} {{\color{inspire}{\small\faInspire}}~}
\renewcommand*{\bornsymbol} {{\color{born}\small\faAsterisk}~} % alternative: \faBabyCarriage
\renewcommand*{\bornsymbol} {{\color{born}\raisebox{.5ex}{\tiny\faAsterisk}}~} % alternative: \faBabyCarriage
\renewcommand*{\mediumsocialsymbol} {{\color{medium}\small\faMedium}~}