Spice and twist up your message using markdown, syntax highlighting, formats in Discord.
Italics *italics* or _italics_
Underline italics __*underline italics*__
Bold **bold**
Underline bold __**underline bold**__
Bold Italics ***bold italics***
underline bold italics __***underline bold italics***__
Underline __underline__
Strikethrough ~~Strikethrough~~
- Escape Characters
Don't want to use markdown? You can slap a backslash (\) in front of your statement, and it'll escape the markdown formatting. Keep in mind, it doesn't work in messages with edits or underscores.
You can make your own code blocks by wrapping your text in backticks (`)
You can also use three backticks (```) to create multiline code blocks
You can denote a specific language for syntax highlighting, by typing the name of the language you want the code block to expect right after the first three backticks beginning your code block. An example...
There are many different languages in place of Markdown that Discord's syntax highlighting support. Each different language has its own approach to highlight-able syntax. For a full list: https://highlightjs.org/static/demo/
asciidoc
autohotkey
bash
coffeescript
cpp
cs
css
diff
fix
glsl
html
ini
json
md
ml
prolog
py
tex
xl
xml
And you get the idea! Now you're a Discord text markdown expert. Get out there and highlight your statements!
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A special thanks to Matthew for providing the screenshots.
Cool! thanks for the help!