Emphasis

Set text to bold or italic to emphasize text

Bold

To bold text, add two asterisks ** or underscores __ before and after a word or phrase.

If you need to bold the middle part of a word or phrase for emphasis, add two asterisks ** or underscores __ around the part to be bolded.

Markdown Syntax	HTML Syntax	Rendered Output
`This is bold text`	`<p><strong>This is bold text</strong></p>`	This is bold text
`__This is bold text__`	`<p><strong>This is bold text</strong></p>`	This is bold text
`This is bold text`	`<p>This is <strong>bold</strong> text</p>`	This is bold text

Different Markdown applications handle underscores inconsistently. It's recommended to prioritize using ** for bold text.

✅Do this	❌Don't do this
`This is bold text`	`This is __bold__ text`

To italicize text, add one asterisk * or underscore _ before and after a word or phrase.

If you need to italicize the middle part of a word or phrase for emphasis, add one asterisk * or underscore _ around the part to be italicized.

Different Markdown applications handle underscores inconsistently. It's recommended to prioritize using * for italic text.

✅Do this	❌Don't do this
`This is italic text`	`This is _italic_ text`

To bold and italicize a word or phrase at the same time, add three asterisks *** or underscores ___ before and after a word or phrase.

Markdown Syntax	HTML Syntax	Rendered Output
`*This is bold italic text*`	`<p><strong><em>This is bold italic text</em></strong></p>`	This is bold italic text
`___This is bold italic text___`	`<p><strong><em>This is bold italic text</em></strong></p>`	This is bold italic text
`This is *bold italic* text`	`<p>This is <strong><em>bold italic</em></strong> text</p>`	This is bold italic text

Different Markdown applications handle underscores inconsistently. It's recommended to prioritize using *** for bold italic text.

✅Do this	❌Don't do this
`This is *bold italic* text`	`This is ___bold italic___ text`