title	Emphasis
syntax-id	emphasis
api	no

You can add emphasis by making text bold or italic.

{% include syntax.html type="basic-sub" syntax-id="bold" %}

{% include syntax.html type="basic-sub" syntax-id="italic" %}

Bold and Italic

To emphasize text with bold and italics at the same time, add three asterisks or underscores before and after a word or phrase. To bold and italicize the middle of a word for emphasis, add three asterisks without spaces around the letters.

Markdown	HTML	Rendered Output
This text is ***really important***.	This text is <em><strong>really important</strong></em>.	This text is really important.
This text is ___really important___.	This text is <em><strong>really important</strong></em>.	This text is really important.
This text is __*really important*__.	This text is <em><strong>really important</strong></em>.	This text is really important.
This text is **_really important_**.	This text is <em><strong>really important</strong></em>.	This text is really important.
This is really***very***important text.	This is really<em><strong>very</strong></em>important text.	This is reallyveryimportant text.

Note: The order of the em and strong tags might be reversed depending on the Markdown processor you're using.

Bold and Italic Best Practices

Markdown applications don't agree on how to handle underscores in the middle of a word. For compatibility, use asterisks to bold and italicize the middle of a word for emphasis.

✅  Do this	❌  Don't do this
This is really***very***important text.	This is really___very___important text.