Instructables Text Formatting

Step 2 Font Styles

Use two single-quotes to start/end italic and three single-quotes to start/end bold:

''italic'''''bold'''

Use five single-quotes and you get bolded italic:

'''''bolded italic'''''

Two tildes start/end strikethrough text:

~~strikethrough~~

A single caret starts/ends ^superscript:

^superscript^

Two commas start/end _subscript.

,,subscript,,

You can combine different modifiers (as above), but you cannot repeat the same modifier to get "extra" effect.

• The exclamation point "!" tells parser to not process the characters which follow it, so pay attention to put a space after !, e.g. when ending bold (see below).

Here are some examples of using the markup for emphasis, as well as "mistakes" when trying to combine modifiers:

  '''!''' can be bold too''', and '''! '''  ''''''bold-bold'''''' ends up being bold-italic with leading/trailing apostrophes  ''''italic-italic'''' ends up being bold with leading/trailing apostrophes  ~~~~strike-strike~~~~ does nothing (strikethrough an empty string at each end)  '''''bold italic'''''  '''''~~bold italic strike~~'''''  __underline__ doesn't work  `monospace` doesn't work either

! can be bold too, and !
'bold-bold' ends up being bold-italic with leading/trailing apostrophes
'italic-italic' ends up being bold with leading/trailing apostrophes
strike-strike does nothing (strikethrough an empty string at each end)
bold italic
bold italic strike
underline doesn't work
`monospace` doesn't work, either

The subscripts and superscripts are useful with mathematical and chemical notation:

  pi^1/2^ * R^3^ = c^4+5^  H,,2,,(SO,,3,,),,4,,^++^

pi^1/2 * R³ = c⁴⁺⁵
H₂(SO₃)₄⁺⁺

  Regular text^super^super-super^back to super^back to regular  Regular text^super,,super-sub,,back to super^back to regular  Regular text^super ''italic'' ~~strike~~ super^ back to regular

Regular text^supersuper-super^{back to super}back to regular (can't nest supers)
Regular text^{super_super-subback to super}back to regular
Regular text^{super italic strike super} back to regular

1.1 Underlining

There is no underline in IblesFormatting. Zachninme provided this work-around: to ^underline use a combination of strikeout and superscript. Pretty clever, eh?

  Normal text ~~^underlined text^~~ back to normal.  === Here Is~~^Underlined Text^~~ In Heading 3 ===

Normal text ^{underlined text} back to normal.

Here Is ^{Underlined Text} In Heading 3

Comments

[Mplinnc]

^superscript^

[DrWeird117]

SUPERSCRIPT DOESN'T WORK!

[orangewolf22]

^sure it does!^

[smattman22]

''italics'' right! ''italics'

[DrWeird117]

XXHi!YY

[J Moneyman]

_hⁱ

[fwjs28]

u use carrots( ⁾

[Matt21497]

I eat carrots

[fwjs28]

i beat the women and children with carrots....

[Matt21497]

I see we have many things in common

[fwjs28]

Huzzah, yet the cake is a lie...so we cannot be...*sighs*....

[Matt21497]

what is rong with the cake is it not chocolate like we ordered?

[fwjs28]

my fine bretheren it is SPARTAAAAH!!!!

[Matt21497]

hehe bad guy go down hole (=

[fwjs28]

agreed it is then, we shall dine in hell, and tommorow Arby's yet first we must feast upon the carrto cake...

[Matt21497]

arbys tast bad )= im not thnkin arbys

[fwjs28]

SHUNNN!...shun the none believer...umm, unshun....how about BK or McDonalds?

[will421]

Chick-ful-a?

[fwjs28]

nahh...

[will421]

Banana-ful-a? _{^{LOL ROFL LOL ROFL LOL ROFL LOL ROFL LOL ROFL LOL ROFL LOL ROFL LOL ROFL LOL ROFL LOL ROFL}}

[Matt21497]

bk might steel my star trek cup so how bout mc Ds

[fwjs28]

i see...i prefer Micky D's anyway...might i ask upon the collection of such a cup... ^{(where'd you get the fucken cup?)}

[Matt21497]

actually i do no own such a cup but say i acquire the cup BK will steal the cup

[fwjs28]

cupity cupity CUP!!!.....anwho, CUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!......^carrots

[Matt21497]

I came back to this comment thread thing and realized you mentioned such carrots AGAIn what have you and carrots been up to

[fwjs28]

gutz gutz, very gutz

[spock155]

Damn, what a long string of comments...

[fwjs28]

Psssht, i've seen longer...

[fwjs28]

XDDDD, that's what she said!

[Matt21497]

ahh i see my carrot broke in half i am on the journey for the perfect carrot

[fwjs28]

it shall be golden, no?

[Matt21497]

Yes it shall be golden i am almost complete with the journey just need to get indiana jones help

[fwjs28]

HUZZAH... ^{buy me some indian styled cake}

[Matt21497]

OK!!!!

[orangewolf22]

GIVE ME THE YUMMY IN MY TUMMY

[fwjs28]

WHY ARE WE YELLING?

[orangewolf22]

hi i just saw this really long string of comments and i couldn't resist posting!!! WOOT WOOT! ^{by the way where do they sell indian cake?} _{here? nah...} ^{here? nope...} do YOU sell this elusive cake you speak of?¿?¿?

[Matt21497]

Ahh another dear soul on the quest of CAKE. Alas you must spin around five times on your scabula, jump on your pinky finger 3 times and then walk to jewel and buy a cake ^{indian cake might not be there}

[orangewolf22]

Yes!!! YES!!! *stuffs face with cake* MUAHAHAHAHA!!! the cake is MINE!!!

[fwjs28]

^{dont worry everybody, we are currently admitting him to a place where he belongs}