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Year of the Asterisk

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This related blog post also talks about the history of the symbol and programming:

https://cormullion.github.io/pages/2020-10-09-asterisk/

That page had a gorgeous font.

SC Satyr10 Web, from inspecting the page.

https://www.typesample.com/samples/sc_i34x1_2x

For some reason the general appreciation for good typeface is one of my favorite qualities about this forum.

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