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Bold text – Markdown

Demo

Summary

Markdown:

**Bold example 1**

__Bold example 2__

Details

To create bold text in Markdown, wrap your text with two asterisks on each side or two underscores on each side.

Click here to see an example of what this code looks like when rendered on GitHub. (Click the Raw button to see the actual Markdown code.)

Exercises

First, recreate the code snippet from the Demo section in your Markdown file. Then try customizing the text.

References

Markdown Reference on CommonMark

Lesson tags: Free Lesson
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