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# Markdowns

PixelChat supports markdowns that can format your messages to be more colorful, expressive, and easier to read. You can even have your character use markdowns for certain purposes like showing text messages, status displays or expressing themselves in more immersive ways.

Using certain special characters at the start and end of sentences will create the following effects:

<table><thead><tr><th>Character</th><th>Example</th><th width="223">Result</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Single Asterisk <code>*</code></td><td><code>*[message here]*</code></td><td><em><mark style="color:blue;">Blue and Italic Text</mark></em></td></tr><tr><td>Double Asterisks <code>**</code></td><td><code>**[message here]**</code></td><td><strong>White and Bold Text</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Triple Asterisks <code>***</code></td><td><code>***[message here]***</code></td><td><em><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Blue, Bold and Italic Text</strong></mark></em></td></tr><tr><td>Single Backtick <code>`</code></td><td><code>`[message here]`</code></td><td><mark style="background-color:yellow;">Highlighted Text‎ ‎</mark></td></tr><tr><td>Double Tilde <code>~~</code></td><td><code>~~[message here]~~</code></td><td><del>Strikethrough Text</del></td></tr></tbody></table>

Placing a pound, hashtag, or number sign (#) at the front of sentences will change the text to different heading sizes:

| Character             | Example                | Result        |
| --------------------- | ---------------------- | ------------- |
| One Hashtag `#`       | `#[message here]`      | **Heading 1** |
| Two Hashtags `##`     | `##[message here]`     | **Heading 2** |
| Three Hashtags `###`  | `###[message here]`    | **Heading 3** |
| Four Hashtags `####`  | `####[message here]`   | **Heading 4** |
| Five Hashtags `#####` | `#####[message here]`  | **Heading 5** |
| Six Hashtags `######` | `######[message here]` | **Heading 6** |

Creating a numbered list, even if the numbers aren’t correct, will produce a properly formatted numbered list:

| List Format               | Example                                                                                 | Result                                           |
| ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| Correctly Numbered List   | <p><code>1. Item 1</code></p><p><code>2. Item 2</code></p><p><code>3. Item 3</code></p> | <p>1. Item 1</p><p>2. Item 2</p><p>3. Item 3</p> |
| Incorrectly Numbered List | <p><code>1. Item 1</code></p><p><code>1. Item 2</code></p><p><code>1. Item 3</code></p> | <p>1. Item 1</p><p>2. Item 2</p><p>3. Item 3</p> |