Text Formatting

Updated Apr 28, 2026

Bold and Italic

**bold text** and _italic text_ and **_bold italic_**

Renders as: bold text and italic text and bold italic

Strikethrough

~~deleted text~~

Renders as: deleted text

Inline Code

Use `const x = 1` for inline code.

Renders as: Use const x = 1 for inline code.

Inline Code Highlighting

Add language-specific syntax highlighting to inline code with a {:lang} prefix:

Use `{:ts}const x = 1` for inline TypeScript or `{:py}print("hello")` for Python.

Renders as:

Use const x = 1 for inline TypeScript or print("hello") for Python.

Blockquotes

> This is a blockquote.

Renders as:

This is a blockquote.

Lists

Unordered and ordered lists:

• First item
• Second item
  • Nested item

1. Step one
2. Step two
3. Step three

Task Lists

- [x] Completed task
- [ ] Pending task

Renders as:

• Completed task
• Pending task

Horizontal Rules

---

Footnotes

Add footnotes using [^id] references and definitions:

Here is a sentence with a footnote[^1] and another[^note].

[^1]: This is a numbered footnote.

[^note]: Footnotes can use descriptive identifiers too.

Renders as:

Here is a sentence with a footnote¹ and another².

Definition Lists

Define terms with their descriptions:

Remark
: A markdown processor powered by plugins

Rehype
: An HTML processor powered by plugins

Unified
: An interface for processing content with syntax trees
: The foundation for both remark and rehype

Renders as:

Remark

A markdown processor powered by plugins

Rehype

An HTML processor powered by plugins

Unified

An interface for processing content with syntax trees

The foundation for both remark and rehype

Abbreviations

Add tooltips to abbreviations using the :abbr directive:

The :abbr[HTML]{title="HyperText Markup Language"} standard is maintained by :abbr[W3C]{title="World Wide Web Consortium"}.

Renders as:

The HTML standard is maintained by W3C.

Emoji

Use GitHub-style emoji shortcodes:

:rocket: Launch :tada: Celebrate :heart: Love :warning: Careful :white_check_mark: Done

Renders as:

🚀 Launch 🎉 Celebrate ❤️ Love ⚠️ Careful ✅ Done

See the full emoji list for available shortcodes.