Markdown Emphasis
Emphasis can be added by making text bold or italic.
Bold
To bold text, add two asterisks ** or underscores __ before and after a word or phrase. To bold the middle of a word for emphasis, add two asterisks without spaces around the letters.
**bold text**
For example:
Please do **NOT** touch your pimples.
The output would be:
Please do NOT touch your pimples.
Italic
Text can be italicized by surrounding with either one asterisk * or one underscore _ on each side. Parts of a word can even be italicized by surrounding the letters with one asterisk, no spaces.
_Italic text_ is *awe*some!
For example:
This avocado egg sandwich is _very_ good.
The output would be:
This avocado egg sandwich is very good.
Strikethrough
A strikethrough can be applied to text by surrounding with two tildes ~~, like in the example below:
I did ~~not~~ build a website.
The output would be:
I did
notbuild a website.
Emphasis Combinations
Different formatting options can be combined:
**This is in bold, _italics_, ~~and strikethrough~~**
This is in bold, italics,
and strikethrough
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