<h3>Phrase Emphasis</h3>

<pre><code>*italic*   **bold**

_italic_   __bold__

</code></pre>

<h3>Links</h3>

<p>Inline:</p>

<pre><code>An [example](http://url.com/ "Title")

</code></pre>

<p>Reference-style labels (titles are optional):</p>

<pre><code>An [example][id]. Then, anywhere

else in the doc, define the link:

   [id]: http://example.com/  "Title"

</code></pre>

<h3>Images</h3>

<p>Inline (titles are optional):</p>

<pre><code>![alt text](/path/img.jpg "Title")

</code></pre>

<p>Reference-style:</p>

<pre><code>![alt text][id]

    [id]: /url/to/img.jpg "Title"

</code></pre>

<h3>Headers</h3>

<p>Setext-style:</p>

<pre><code>Header 1

========

Header 2

--------

</code></pre>

<p>atx-style (closing #'s are optional):</p>

<pre><code># Header 1 #</code></pre>

<pre><code>## Header 2 ##</code></pre>

<h3>Lists</h3>

<p>Ordered, without paragraphs:</p>

<pre><code>1.  Foo

2.  Bar

</code></pre>

<p>Unordered, with paragraphs:</p>

<pre><code>*   A list item.

    With multiple paragraphs.

*   Bar

</code></pre>

<p>You can nest them:</p>

<pre><code>*   First list

*   Illas

    1. first item

    2. second item

       * nested item

    3. third item

*   back to first list

</code></pre>

<h3>Blockquotes</h3>

<pre><code>&gt; Email-style angle brackets

> are used for blockquotes.

> > And, they can be nested.

> >

> * You can quote a list.

> * Etc.

</code></pre>

<h3>Code Spans</h3>

<pre><code>`&lt;code&gt;` spans are delimited

by backticks.

You can include literal backticks

like `` `this` ``.

</code></pre>

<h3>Preformatted Code Blocks</h3>

<p>Indent every line of a code block by at least 4 spaces or 1 tab, and use a colon at the end of the preceding paragraph.</p>

<pre><code>This is a normal paragraph:

    This is a preformatted

    code block.

Preceded by a space, the colon

disappears. :

    This is a preformatted

    code block.

</code></pre>

<h3>Horizontal Rules</h3>

<p>Three or more dashes or asterisks:</p>

<pre><code>---

* * *

- - - -

</code></pre>

<h3>Manual Line Breaks</h3>

<p>End a line with two or more spaces:</p>

<pre><code>Roses are red,

Violets are blue.

</code></pre>