<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

&gt; are used for blockquotes.

&gt; &gt; And, they can be nested.

&gt; &gt;
&gt; * You can quote a list.
&gt; * 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>