Basic Syntax

Text Formatting

Apply visual emphasis to your text with bold, italic, strikethrough, and inline code formatting.

Bold

Wrap text in double asterisks ** or double underscores __.

This is bold text

This is also bold

Italic

Wrap text in single asterisks * or single underscores _.

This is italic text

This is also italic

Bold & Italic

Combine bold and italic by using three asterisks or underscores.

Bold and italic

Also bold and italic

Mixed syntax

Strikethrough

Use double tildes ~~ to draw a line through text.

This text is struck through

Inline Code

Wrap text in backticks ` to format it as code within a sentence.

This is inline code