EDIT:
Apparently, this is a large asterisk for most users. Seems good to me. However, for me, it's a blinding luminous bright green diagonal block with a white star-like object in the middle! I'm using a Mac.
Does anybody know how to get rid of this unwelcome retina-jarring eyesore and turn it into a normal asterisk?
What does this new eyeball-fracking sign at the beginning of ✳a phrase like this indicate? ✳I'm really perplexed.
I've seen them here
Is this the new form of bold or italics?
I hope not!
<sup>∗</sup>
. – StoneyB on hiatus Mar 1 '15 at 13:31\*
It should show up normally, even in the middle of bold and italic text. – snailplane♦ Mar 31 '15 at 6:36