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Request: Display different stars `*` in different contexts

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Description

Maybe add a stylistic set that always displays * like the cv15 variant of that star and only display the default variant when it's surrounded by spaces * (in multiplications) or line breaks (eg in java docstrings) or when there's a slash left from it and a space or line break right from it /* or the other way around */ or when it's used in the beginning of a java doctsring /** (both stars should be displayed as the default variant of the star)

This way the cv15 star variant (where * isn't centered) is displayed in every other context (eg when it's used as a pointer in C/C++, when it's used as unpacking operator *my_list or as *args or **kwargs or in to the power equations a ** b in Python)

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked cv15 stylistic-set guidance, then map the requested star contexts: operators, multiplication, line breaks, comments, and Java docstrings. Done means the font displays the cv15 star by default while preserving the default variant in each explicitly listed context.

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Domain
design
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
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Over a week
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Stale
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Mostly clear
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