Strong importance can be given to the text by surrounding it with asterisks. The strong text is commonly styled as bold.
Don't *ever* pull this lever.Don’t ever pull this lever.
To add emphasis to a stressed word or phrase, surround it with underscores. Emphasized text is typically styled as italics.
You didn't actually _believe_ her, did you?You didn’t actually believe her, did you?
To stylistically differentiate a word or phrase from the surrounding text without conveying any extra importance, place two asterisks on either side. Uses are key words in a document abstract, product names in a review, or other spans of text whose typical typographic presentation is boldened.
Search results for **Textile**:
h4. ["**Textile** (markup language) - Wikipedia":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_(markup_language)]
**Textile** is a lightweight markup language originally developed by Dean Allen and billed as a "humane Web text generator". **Textile** converts its marked-up text ...Search results for Textile:
Textile is a lightweight markup language originally developed by Dean Allen and billed as a “humane Web text generator”. Textile converts its marked-up text …
Double underscores surround a span of text in an alternate mood or voice, a technical term, an idiomatic phrase from another language, a thought, a ship name, or some other prose whose typical typographic presentation is italicized.
I just got the weirdest feeling of __déjà vu__.I just got the weirdest feeling of déjà vu.
Cite the title of a work (e.g. a book, paper, essay, poem, score, song, script, film, TV show, game, sculpture, painting, theater production, play, opera, musical, exhibition, or anything other work whose title is italicized in traditional style guides) by surrounding it with two question marks on either side. This can be a work that is being quoted or referenced in detail (i.e. a citation), or it can just be a work that is mentioned in passing.
My wife's favorite book is ??The Count of Monte Cristo?? by Dumas.My wife’s favorite book is The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas.
To indicate a passage which has been deleted, surround it with minuses. To indicate an insertion, use pluses.
The news networks declared -Al Gore- +George W. Bush+ the winner in Florida.The news networks declared Al Gore George W. Bush the winner in Florida.
f(x, n) = log ~4~ x ^n^
f(x, n) = log 4 x n
Learn more "about the company":/about and our "board of directors":../about#board.Learn more about the company and our board of directors.
A title may be placed in parentheses at the end of the link text. Link titles help users predict where they are going. Jakob Nielsen recommends you use them sparingly and not assume the user will see them at all.
Visit our "parent company (Example Corporation)":http://example.com.Visit our parent company.
When the link isn’t surrounded by spaces or punctuation, or when the URL ending may be ambiguous, surround the link with square brackets.
This is a link to a ["Wikipedia article about Textile":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_(markup_language)].This is a link to a Wikipedia article about Textile.
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