Cheat Sheet - CommonMark Style Markdown

2023-12-06

CommonMark is a standardized version of Markdown designed to solve inconsistencies in how Markdown is parsed. This cheat sheet provides a quick reference to the most commonly used features of CommonMark style Markdown.

Headings

Level 1 Heading: # Heading 1
Level 2 Heading: ## Heading 2
Level 3 Heading: ### Heading 3

Text Emphasis

Bold: **bold** or __bold__
Italic: *italic* or _italic_
Bold and Italic: ***bold & italic*** or ___bold & italic___

Lists

Unordered list: Start lines with -, +, or *
Ordered list: Start lines with numbers followed by .
```
1. First item
2. Second item
```

Links and Images

Link: [Link text](URL)
Image: ![Alt text](Image URL)

Code

Inline code: Enclose text with backticks `
Code block: Enclose text with three backticks (```) or indent with four spaces

```markdown code block ```

Blockquotes

Start a line with > followed by a space
```
> This is a blockquote.
```

Tables

Use pipes | to create columns and hyphens - to create headers

| Header 1 | Header 2 |
| -------- | -------- |
| Row 1    | Data 1   |
| Row 2    | Data 2   |

Horizontal Rules

Use three or more hyphens ---, asterisks ***, or underscores ___

Special Characters

Escape special Markdown characters with a backslash \

CommonMark's standardized approach ensures that Markdown documents are consistent and portable across different platforms and parsers.