Markdown cheatsheet
Emphasis
**bold** *italics* ~~strikethrough~~
bold italics strikethrough
Headers
# Big header
## Medium header
### Small header
#### Tiny header
Big header
Medium header
Small header
Tiny header
Lists
* Generic list item
* Generic list item
* Generic list item
1. Numbered list item
2. Numbered list item
3. Numbered list item
- Generic list item
- Generic list item
- Generic list item
- Numbered list item
- Numbered list item
- Numbered list item
Links
<http://www.example.com>
[Open in same tab](http://www.example.com)
[Open in new tab](tab:http://www.example.com)
Or use the heading id (the slugified name of the header) as an internal link...
[Internal link](#headers)
Typographic replacements
Bear Blog(r)(c) is a Good Blog(tm) that took +-3 years to perfect.
Bear Blog®© is a Good Blog™ that took ±3 years to perfect.
I drink H<sub>2</sub>O at the 6<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup> hours of the day.
I drink H2O at the 6th and 12th hours of the day.
Linebreaks
Adding a single line break will not be rendered as a line break.
Here's some text.
Here's some more text.
Here's some text. Here's some more text.
To add a single line break use a \
or two spaces at the end of the line.
Here's some text.\
Here's some more text.
Here's some text.
Here's some more text.
Adding 2 line breaks starts a new paragraph.
Here is one paragraph with lengthly text.
Here is another.
Here is one paragraph with lengthly text.
Here is another.
Footnotes
Here is a simple footnote,[^1] and here is a longer one.[^named-note]
Then at the bottom of your post...
[^1]: This is the first footnote.
[^named-note]: Here is another one.
Here's a simple footnote,1 and here's a longer one.2
Quotes
> This is a quote.
> It can span multiple lines!
This is a quote.
It can span multiple lines!
Images
Need to upload an image? ImgBB has a great interface.

Tables
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| John | Doe | Male |
| Mary | Smith | Female |
Or without aligning the columns...
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| John | Doe | Male |
| Mary | Smith | Female |
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
---|---|---|
John | Doe | Male |
Mary | Smith | Female |
Displaying code
`var example = "hello!";`
Or spanning multiple lines...
```javascript
var example = "hello!";
alert(example);
```
var example = "hello!";
var example = "hello!";
alert(example);
For language specific syntax highlighting, specify the language at the beginning of the code block.
LaTeX
For writing mathematical notation using LaTeX check out this guide.