Continuing on with my series of typographic symbols...ASTERISK. The asterisk has been in used in typography for around 5,000 years! Its earliest use was in Sumerian pictographic writing. In print today it is used primarily to mark footnotes, but in more casual corners of type you'll see the beloved splat being used to censor an expletive,…

Asteria, goddess of the stars. #greekmythology #greekpolytheism #asteria #stars #space #starryskies #goddess