What is Markdown?
Markdown is a way to style text on the web. You control the display of the document; formatting words as bold or italic, adding images, and creating lists are just a few of the things we can do with Markdown. Mostly, Markdown is just regular text with a few non-alphabetic characters thrown in, like # or *.
Syntax guide
Here’s an overview of Markdown syntax that you can use on certain CLAHub fields.
Headers
# This is an <h1> tag
## This is an <h2> tag
###### This is an <h6> tag
Emphasis
*This text will be italic*
_This will also be italic_
**This text will be bold**
__This will also be bold__
_You **can** combine them_
Lists
Unordered
* Item 1
* Item 2
* Item 2a
* Item 2b
Ordered
1. Item 1
1. Item 2
1. Item 3
1. Item 3a
1. Item 3b
Images
Format: 
Links
http://github.com - automatic!
[GitHub](http://github.com)
Blockquotes
As Kanye West said:
> We're living the future so
> the present is our past.