Project Details
A graphic study of the asterisk as a mark that can hold history, scale, and motion at once.
The asterisk started in ancient Greece because a librarian named Aristarchus needed a symbol to mark duplicate lines in Homer's poetry.
Medieval scribes later copied the shape to link their main text directly to explanations tucked away in the margins.
Today, it serves as a visual anchor that tells the reader there is extra information waiting at the bottom of the page.
