Want to inject some flavor into your everyday text chat? You're in luck! Discord uses Markdown, a simple plain text formatting system that'll help you make your sentences stand out. Here's how to do it! Just add a few characters before & after your desired text to change your text! Let’s go over some examples.

Text Formatting

Organizational Text Formatting

Headers

To create a header you just need to include a specific number of the hash/pound sign character (#). Use (#) for a big header, (##) for a smaller header, or (###) for an even smaller header as the first character(s) in a new line to make a header. Here is an example of what each header type looks like.

Subtext

Like Headers, you can add subtext to any chat message. To do so, add a (-# ) before the text you want to appear in the subtext. Don’t forget the space after # before your message. For example: 

Subtext works very similarly to Headers, so the (-#) must be at the very beginning of the line in order for it to work.

Masked links

You can use masked links to make text a clickable or pressable hyperlink. To do so, you need to include the text you want displayed in brackets and then the URL in parentheses. For example:

Lists

You can create a bulleted list using either (-) or (*) in the beginning of each line. For example:

You can also indent your list by adding 2 spaces before (-) or (*) at the beginning of each line. For example:

Code Blocks

You can make your own code blocks by wrapping your text in backticks (`). 

If you want to create a multi-line code block, you can do so by wrapping your text in (```), like this beautifully written haiku.

Block Quotes

Another option is using block quotes. To use a block quote, you just need to put (>) at the beginning of a line of text to create a single block quote. For example:

If you want to add multiple lines to a single block quote, just add (>>>) before the first line. For example:

Now you're a Discord text markdown expert. Get out there and highlight your statements!