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To Bold textin Discord just wrap the text you wish to bold with a pair of double **asterisks**. To italicize the text, wrap it with a pair of single *asterisks*. See it in action in the images below.
Discord Markdown I needed to render some Discord chat logs as HTML, and found that the Markdown implementation in Discord isn't quite compliant with Common Markdown as Discord uses a simplified version. So I wrote this library that allows you to convert a discord message written in the Markdown formatting syntax specified here to html. On the other hand, discord offers new, less obvious message formatting, allowing messages to be spoiled or color. Many people get confused when they hear about discord markdown because they don’t know how to use it. Markdown is a “lightweight markup language” which is easy to read, write, and widely used. Discord is a voice, video and text communication service to talk and hang out with your friends and communities. NOTE: /r/discordapp is unofficial & community-run. Discord is a voice, video and text communication service to talk and hang out with your friends and communities. NOTE: /r/discordapp is unofficial & community-run.
Discord text formatting
Markdown Discord Generator
Since Discord doesn’t have integral formatting options, you can bold text using Markdown.
What is Markdown
According to Wikipedia “Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain-text-formatting syntax, created in 2004 by John Gruber with Aaron Swartz. Markdown is often used to format readme files, for writing messages in online discussion forums, and to create rich text using a plain text editor.”
It is used on Discord, as well as on platforms like Reddit. Let’s see how it works in Discord.
Step 2 - Add a pair of double **asterisks** before and after the text you want to bold
Other text formatting on Discord - italics, underline, strikethrough, and combinations.
Add a pair of single (_) underscore or *asterisks* before and after the text you want to italicize.
Add a pair of double __underscores__ before and after the text.
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TL;DR
To Bold textin Discord just wrap the text you wish to bold with a pair of double **asterisks**. To italicize the text, wrap it with a pair of single *asterisks*. See it in action in the images below.
Discord text formatting
Since Discord doesn’t have integral formatting options, you can bold text using Markdown.
What is Markdown
According to Wikipedia “Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain-text-formatting syntax, created in 2004 by John Gruber with Aaron Swartz. Markdown is often used to format readme files, for writing messages in online discussion forums, and to create rich text using a plain text editor.”
It is used on Discord, as well as on platforms like Reddit. Let’s see how it works in Discord.
Step 2 - Add a pair of double **asterisks** before and after the text you want to bold
Color Markdown Discord
Other text formatting on Discord - italics, underline, strikethrough, and combinations.
Add a pair of single (_) underscore or *asterisks* before and after the text you want to italicize.
Markdown Discord Editor
Add a pair of double __underscores__ before and after the text.