Asterism (typography)
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Asterism (typography)
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In typography, an asterism, ⁂, is a typographic symbol consisting of three asterisks placed in a triangle, which is used for a variety of purposes. The name originates from the astronomical term for a group of stars. The asterism was originally used as a type of dinkus in typography, though increasingly rarely. It can also be used to mean "untitled" or author or title withheld – as seen, for example, in some editions of Album for the Young by composer Robert Schumann. In meteorology, an asterism
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Typographic symbol (⁂)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterism_(typography)
date created:
2004-09-30T00:31:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T10:07:57Z
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