A horizontal line, fill-width across the page:

Paragraphs are separated by at least one empty line.

bold italic underlined strikethrough monospaced

Link description

  • First item in a list.
  • Second item.
    • Sub-item
      1. Numbered item.
      2. Another item.
  • [ ] Item yet to be done.
  • [X] Item that has been done.

This text will be indented on both the left margin and the right margin.

Text to be displayed verbatim (as-is), without markup
(*bold* does not change font), e.g., for source code.
Line breaks are respected.

Some arbitrary text to be typeset verbatim in monospace font: 

Apples, oranges,
cucumbers, tomatoes