Markdown Cheat Sheet

Sep 02, 2018

A minimal Markdown cheat sheet I keep around for reference. Only contains the elements I most frequently use. See John Gruber’s original spec for plain Markdown and this quick reference for kramdown, the default Jekyll Markdown parser.

Element	Syntax
Headings	`# Level 1` `## Level 2` `### Level 3`
Bold	`bold text`
Italic	`_italic text_`
`Monospace`	`monospace text`
Unordered List	`- First Item` `- Second Item` `- Third Item`
Ordered List	`1. First Item` `2. Second Item` `3. Third Item`
Inline Link	`[Link Title](http://url.com)`
Reference Link	`[Link Title][id]` `...` `[id]: http://url.com`
Image	`![alt text](path_to_image.jpg)`
Blockquote	`> quote text`
Fenced Code Block	``` `#include <iostream>` `int main() {}` ```
Tables	`\| Element \| Syntax \|` `\| ------ \| ------------- \|` `\| Item 1 \| Description 1 \|` `\| Item 2 \| Description 2 \|`
Footnote	`Text with a footnote[^1].` `...` `[^1]: The footnote text.`