Text Styles

SevenMark supports various text formatting styles using inline markers.

Basic Formatting

Bold

Use two asterisks (**) to create bold text.

**Bold text**

Italic

Use single asterisk (*) to create italic text.

*Italic text*

Underline

Use two underscores (__) to create underlined text.

__Underlined text__

Strikethrough

Use two tildes (~~) to create strikethrough text.

~~Strikethrough text~~

Superscript

Use double carets (^^) to create superscript text.

x^^2^^ + y^^2^^ = z^^2^^

Subscript

Use double commas (,,) to create subscript text.

H,,2,,O

Summary Table

Style	Syntax	Example
Bold	**text**	Bold
Italic	*text*	Italic
Underline	__text__	Underlined
Strikethrough	~~text~~	Strikethrough
Superscript	^^text^^	x^^2^^
Subscript	,,text,,	H,,2,,O

Combined Formatting

Multiple formatting markers can be nested to combine styles:

**Bold with *italic* inside**
*Italic with **bold** inside*
__Underline with **bold** inside__
~~Strikethrough with *italic* inside~~
**__Bold and underlined__**

Deep Nesting

Styles can be nested multiple levels deep:

**Bold with __underline and *italic*__ together**
This text has **bold**, *italic*, __underlined__, ~~strikethrough~~, ^^superscript^^, and ,,subscript,, formatting.

Text Styles Inside Other Elements

In Headers

# **Bold** Header with *italic*

## ~~Deprecated~~ Section

In Lists

{{{#list #1
[[**Important** item]]
[[Item with *emphasis* and __underline__]]
[[~~Removed~~ item (kept for reference)]]
}}}

In Tables

{{{#table
[[[[**Header 1**]] [[*Header 2*]] [[__Header 3__]]]]
[[[[Normal cell]] [[**Bold cell**]] [[~~Struck cell~~]]]]
}}}

In Styled Elements

{{{ #color="red" **Bold red text** with *italic* }}}

In Blockquotes

{{{#quote
**Important:** This is a *critical* note with __emphasis__.
}}}

Edge Cases

Empty Markers

Markers with no content between them are treated as literal text:

****

Adjacent Styles

Different styles can appear next to each other without spaces:

**bold***italic*__underline__

Markers Inside Words

Style markers work at word boundaries:

un**frigging**believable

Unmatched Markers

An opening marker without a closing marker is treated as literal text:

This has an unmatched ** asterisk

Escaping

Use backslash (\) to prevent markers from being interpreted as formatting:

\*Not italic\*
\**Not bold\**
\__Not underlined\__
\~~Not strikethrough\~~
\^^Not superscript\^^
\,,Not subscript\,,

Escaping is useful when you need to display the literal marker characters in your text.