Markdown Emphasis Syntax

You can add emphasis to text by making it bold or italic.

Bold

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

MarkdownRendered Output
**I am bold**I am bold
__I am bold__I am bold

Italic

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

MarkdownRendered Output
*I am italic*I am italic
_I am italic_I am italic

Bold and Italic

To emphasize text with bold and italics at the same time, add three asterisks or underscores before and after a word or phrase.

MarkdownRendered Output
***I am bold and italic***I am bold and italic
___I am bold and italic___I am bold and italic
**_I am bold and italic_**I am bold and italic
__*I am bold and italic*__I am bold and italic

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