--- title: Markdown category: Markup prism_languages: [markdown] updated: 2020-07-01 weight: -1 --- ## Reference {:.-three-column} ### Headers ```markdown # h1 ## h2 ### h3 #### h4 ##### h5 ###### h6 ``` ```markdown Header 1 ======== ``` ```markdown Header 2 -------- ``` ### Emphasis ```markdown *italic* _italic_ ``` ```markdown **bold** __bold__ ``` ```markdown ***bold italic*** ___bold italic___ ``` ```markdown ~~strikethrough~~ ``` ```markdown `code` ``` ### Lists ```markdown * Item 1 * Nested Item 1 * Item 2 ``` ```markdown - Item 1 - Nested Item 1 - Item 2 ``` ```markdown - [ ] Checkbox off - [x] Checkbox on ``` ```markdown 1. Item 1 2. Item 2 ``` ### Links ```markdown [link](http://google.com) ``` ```markdown [link][google] [google]: http://google.com ``` ```markdown ``` ### Images ```markdown ![Image alt text](/path/to/img.jpg) ![Image alt text](/path/to/img.jpg "title") ``` ```markdown ![Image alt text][img] [img]: http://foo.com/img.jpg ``` ```markdown ![Image alt text][img_base64] [img_base64]: ``` ### Code ```markdown `inline code` ``` ``` 4 space indent makes a code block ``` ~~~markdown ``` code fences ``` ~~~ ~~~markdown ```js codeFences.withLanguage() ``` ~~~ ### Blockquotes ```markdown > This is > a blockquote > > > Nested > > Blockquote ``` ### Horizontal line ```markdown ---- ``` ```markdown **** ``` ### Tables ```markdown | Column 1 Heading | Column 2 Heading | | ---------------- | ---------------- | | Some content | Other content | ``` ```markdown Column 1 Heading | Column 2 Heading --- | --- Some content | Other content ```