[HN Gopher] A Star Is Born
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       A Star Is Born
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2021-06-15 01:10 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.laphamsquarterly.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.laphamsquarterly.org)
        
       | tomcam wrote:
       | This article is literally about the history of the asterisk. This
       | part surprised me:
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       | > in comics, where it is known as grawlix
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       | Learn something new. I was a professional tech writer for years
       | and took a keen interest in typography but never knew this term.
        
         | gjm11 wrote:
         | Note that what the article says is "known as grawlix" isn't
         | _the asterisk_ but using symbols to replace letters when
         | expurgating naughty words. So  "$#!+" would be a grawlix, at
         | least if it's a replacement for a word meaning excrement rather
         | than a bit of Perl source code.
        
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