Asterism (typography)

For other meanings of asterism, see asterism.

apostrophe ( ' ); ( ’ )
brackets ( ( ) ); ( [ ] ); ( { } ); ( < > )
colon ( : )
comma ( , )
dash ( ‒ ); ( – ); ( — ); ( ― )
ellipsis ( … ) ( ... )
exclamation mark ( ! )
full stop/period ( . )
hyphen ( - ); ( ‐ )
plus-minus/minus-plus signs ( ± ); ( ∓ )
question mark ( ? )
quotation marks ( ‘ ’ ); ( “ ” )
semicolon ( ; )
slash ( / ) and backslash ( \ )
space ( ) and interpunct ( · )

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

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

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