Editing Bullet (typography) (section)

=== In historical systems ===
Glyphs such as {{char|•}}, {{char|◦}} and their reversed variants {{char|◘}}, {{char|◙}} became available in [[text mode]] since early [[IBM PC]]s with MDA–CGA–EGA [[graphic adapter]]s, because built-in [[VGA-compatible text mode#Fonts|screen fonts]] contained such forms at code points 7–10. These were not true [[character (computing)|characters]] because such points belong to the [[C0 control codes]] range; therefore, these glyphs required a special way to be placed on the screen (see [[code page 437]] for discussion).

Prior to the widespread use of word processors, bullets were often denoted by an asterisk; several word processors automatically convert asterisks to bullets if used at the start of line. This notation was inherited by [[Setext]] and [[wiki]] engines.