Asterism_(typography) Asterism_(typography)

Asterism (typography) - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Gravure, Lithography, Mimeograph, Offset, Photoengraving
For other meanings of asterism, see asterism.
Punctuation marks

apostrophe ( ' ); ( )
brackets ( ( ) ); ( [ ] ); ( { } ); ( < > )
colon ( : )
comma ( , )
dash ( ); ( ); ( ); ( )
ellipsis ( ) ( ... )
exclamation mark ( ! )
full stop/period ( . )
hyphen ( - ); ( )
question mark ( ? )
quotation marks ( ‘ ’ ); ( “ ” )
semicolon ( ; )
slash ( / ) and backslash ( \ )
space (   ) and interpunct ( ยท )

ampersand ( & )
asterisk ( * ) and asterism ( )
dagger ( † ‡)
bullet ( , more )
commercial at ( @ )
interrobang ( )
number sign ( # )
prime ( ′ ) and double prime (″)
tilde ( ~ )
underscore ( _ )
vertical bar / pipe ( | )

an asterism

In typography, an asterism is a rare symbol consisting of three asterisks placed in a triangle, used to call attention to a passage. It is Unicode character U+2042: [⁂].

another asterism

Example Usage of (typography)

archlighting: Saw this in NYT as well. RT @DesignObserver: Neon Letters on hospital sign mistakenly spell, "I'm Hurt." http://bit.ly/7dkyFa #typography
lisidesign: I just added myself to http://twitr.org Twitter Directory under #design #typography #illustration
isv13: RT @BLblog: Typography Inspiration: Photo Based http://tinyurl.com/ybwqrml
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