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Bold (serif)
๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ - classic emphasis
๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก - ๐Ÿ“๐ฑ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐›๐จ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐›๐จ๐š๐ซ๐. ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐:
Italic (serif)
๐ผ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ - for quotes and titles
๐ธ๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘โ„Ž - 5๐‘ฅ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘. ๐ป๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’'๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘‘:
Bold + Italic
๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’… ๐‘ฐ๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’„ - strong emphasis
๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’„๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’๐’‚๐’–๐’๐’„๐’‰ - 5๐’™ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’…๐’‚๐’”๐’‰๐’ƒ๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’…. ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’“๐’†'๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’…:
Bold (sans-serif)
๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ - best on mobile
๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต - ๐Ÿฑ๐˜… ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ. ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ:
Italic (sans-serif)
๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค
๐™€๐™ญ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ - 5๐™ญ ๐™›๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™—๐™ค๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™™๐™–๐™จ๐™๐™—๐™ค๐™–๐™ง๐™™. ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™š'๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™™:
Monospace
๐™ฒ๐š˜๐š๐šŽ-๐š•๐š’๐š”๐šŽ - for handles or snippets
๐™ด๐šก๐šŒ๐š’๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐šœ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š•๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐šœ๐š ๐š•๐šŠ๐šž๐š—๐šŒ๐š‘ - ๐Ÿป๐šก ๐š๐šŠ๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐š˜๐š—๐š‹๐š˜๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐šŠ ๐š‹๐š›๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š—๐šŽ๐š  ๐š๐šŠ๐šœ๐š‘๐š‹๐š˜๐šŠ๐š›๐š. ๐™ท๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ'๐šœ ๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š:
Underline
Uฬฒnฬฒdฬฒeฬฒrฬฒlฬฒiฬฒnฬฒeฬฒ - combining marks
Eฬฒxฬฒcฬฒiฬฒtฬฒeฬฒdฬฒ ฬฒtฬฒoฬฒ ฬฒsฬฒhฬฒaฬฒrฬฒeฬฒ ฬฒoฬฒuฬฒrฬฒ ฬฒlฬฒaฬฒtฬฒeฬฒsฬฒtฬฒ ฬฒlฬฒaฬฒuฬฒnฬฒcฬฒhฬฒ ฬฒ-ฬฒ ฬฒ5ฬฒxฬฒ ฬฒfฬฒaฬฒsฬฒtฬฒeฬฒrฬฒ ฬฒoฬฒnฬฒbฬฒoฬฒaฬฒrฬฒdฬฒiฬฒnฬฒgฬฒ ฬฒaฬฒnฬฒdฬฒ ฬฒaฬฒ ฬฒbฬฒrฬฒaฬฒnฬฒdฬฒ ฬฒnฬฒeฬฒwฬฒ ฬฒdฬฒaฬฒsฬฒhฬฒbฬฒoฬฒaฬฒrฬฒdฬฒ.ฬฒ ฬฒHฬฒeฬฒrฬฒeฬฒ'ฬฒsฬฒ ฬฒwฬฒhฬฒaฬฒtฬฒ ฬฒcฬฒhฬฒaฬฒnฬฒgฬฒeฬฒdฬฒ:ฬฒ
Strikethrough
Sฬถtฬถrฬถiฬถkฬถeฬถ - for edits
Eฬถxฬถcฬถiฬถtฬถeฬถdฬถ ฬถtฬถoฬถ ฬถsฬถhฬถaฬถrฬถeฬถ ฬถoฬถuฬถrฬถ ฬถlฬถaฬถtฬถeฬถsฬถtฬถ ฬถlฬถaฬถuฬถnฬถcฬถhฬถ ฬถ-ฬถ ฬถ5ฬถxฬถ ฬถfฬถaฬถsฬถtฬถeฬถrฬถ ฬถoฬถnฬถbฬถoฬถaฬถrฬถdฬถiฬถnฬถgฬถ ฬถaฬถnฬถdฬถ ฬถaฬถ ฬถbฬถrฬถaฬถnฬถdฬถ ฬถnฬถeฬถwฬถ ฬถdฬถaฬถsฬถhฬถbฬถoฬถaฬถrฬถdฬถ.ฬถ ฬถHฬถeฬถrฬถeฬถ'ฬถsฬถ ฬถwฬถhฬถaฬถtฬถ ฬถcฬถhฬถaฬถnฬถgฬถeฬถdฬถ:ฬถ
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