How to write a vertically centered asterisk in LaTex in a normal text?
What about \textasteriskcentered
as in the following MWE?
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Here is a vertically centered star \textasteriskcentered{} while here is the normal star * filler text
\end{document}
You can use $\ast1$
in math mode to archive this result. This is a shorter function to the one described above.