Index: modules/system/system.css
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/system/system.css,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -F^f -r1.10 system.css
--- modules/system/system.css	5 Sep 2006 03:50:57 -0000	1.10
+++ modules/system/system.css	13 Sep 2006 02:19:23 -0000
@@ -103,9 +103,14 @@
   display: inline;
   font-weight: normal;
 }
-.marker, .form-required {
+.marker {
   color: #f00;
 }
+.form-required {
+  font-weight: normal;
+  font-size: 0.9em;
+  color: #933;
+}
 .more-link {
   text-align: right;
 }
Index: includes/form.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/form.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.150
diff -u -F^f -r1.150 form.inc
--- includes/form.inc	9 Sep 2006 08:25:23 -0000	1.150
+++ includes/form.inc	13 Sep 2006 02:19:24 -0000
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ function theme_file($element) {
  */
 function theme_form_element($element, $value) {
   $output  = '<div class="form-item">'."\n";
-  $required = !empty($element['#required']) ? '<span class="form-required" title="'. t('This field is required.') .'">*</span>' : '';
+  $required = !empty($element['#required']) ? '<span class="form-required" title="'. t('This field is required.') .'">required</span>' : '';
 
   if (!empty($element['#title'])) {
     $title = $element['#title'];