Escape codes

[Edgar Ironpelt]

Is there any way to escape star (*) characters so that they show up as stars, rather than being 'helpfully' transformed into italic or bold BB markup? Other than surrounding them with ?

 

[Morrus]

I didn't understand any of that. Could you rephrase?

 

[aco175]

I wonder if it is the font you are using. *

 

[Brendan Byrd]

Test: (failed)


 

[Morrus]

I literally have no idea what this thread is about. If I didn’t recognise one of the usernames I’d assume this is just some bots posting random words and characters. Anybody want to clue me in? In English, preferably?