just copy some symbol from here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk#Encodings

and be sure to use a font containing them.

alternatively define a command which temporarily switches to such a font
in, displays the symbol, and switches back.

Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. <LPr@pontex.cz> schrieb am Di., 9.
Juni 2015 um 09:25 Uhr:

> Hello,
>
> how to typeset "centerd asterisk" ("*") in Ctx?
>
> I mean the symbol which is used in the third level of itemization (
> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Enumerations) or which can be typeset by
> \textasteriskcentered in LaTeX.
>
> (I cannot find the symbol definition in Ctx itemize-command definition
> (source files) and simple writing "\textasteriskcentered" doesn't work.)
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Lukas
>
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