Write the string A*PA as plain text in markdown. The * should be interpreted as a plain unicode character, and not apply any formatting to the text.
Here is a minimal reproducible example:
* A*PA
I tried the following markdown codes, but none worked:
A*PA → renders everything after the star in italics.
A$#42;PA → renders without replacement
A\*PA → makes the star disappear
A \*PA → renders with a space in-between: A *PA
Thanks! This is unfortunately not that nice, because the A* part of the name specifically uses the normal keyboard * as the asterisk. For my own notes using something else is also fine, but feels off still.
You can use A*PA which I would assign to some shortcut for ease of use.
Thanks. This renders in plain text without modification. Same as the variant with the dollar sign instead of the ampersand. I have updated the OP. I can’t edit the OP anymore.
It’ll render in reading mode, where I checked it. But not in live preview?!
Hmm… it’s already a feature request:
I’m not a liberty to write it out just now but I reckon that “A*'no width space character’PA” might be an option. But this would then for sure require a text expander/shortcut for insertion.
Once you are around a bit longer, make some more posts, give and get some 
s, etc., you’ll be able to edit your posts.
I see, seems like all of this is because of bugs in edit mode. Didn’t even know there was a reading mode. Also the much simpler A\*PA works in reading mode, but in edit mode the star disappears.
Well actually, now that I have switched back and forth between edit and reading mode, A\*PA displays as A*PA in both edit and reading mode… It certainly did not before. Must be some weird bug.
Thank you for your help!
Personally I’m mostly using source mode and reading mode, and hardly ever live preview. It’s mostly a personal preference, since I don’t like the differences in rendering between live preview and reading mode. These differences are caused by different markdown rendering engines when editing vs reading.
