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Markdown Text Color: Add Color and Highlights

Markdown text color is not built in, but these workarounds add colored text and highlights on GitHub, Obsidian, Hugo and more. Try them in our free editor.

September 15, 2026·7 min read

How to Convert Markdown to HTML: 4 Methods

Convert markdown to HTML using our free online tool, JavaScript (marked, markdown-it), Pandoc, or Python. Step-by-step with code examples.

September 15, 2026·6 min read

Markdown Font Size: Make Text Bigger or Smaller (2026)

Markdown font size has no syntax, so use heading levels, inline HTML like span and small, or CSS. See which platforms keep each, GitHub included. Try it free.

September 11, 2026·9 min read

Paste to Markdown: Convert Rich Text and Web Content

Paste to markdown explained: what the clipboard carries, apps that convert on copy or paste, and what Docs, Word and web pages turn into. Try it free.

September 11, 2026·9 min read

Confluence to Markdown: Export Pages and Spaces

Export Confluence to Markdown three ways: Word export for a page, HTML export for a space, or the cme CLI, plus a macro cleanup checklist. Try our free editor.

September 11, 2026·10 min read

Markdown Definition List: Syntax and Where It Works (2026)

Markdown definition list syntax with examples, a support table for Pandoc, kramdown, Hugo, GitLab, GitHub and Obsidian, plus the HTML fallback. Try it.

September 11, 2026·8 min read

Markdown Subscript and Superscript: Syntax by Platform

Markdown subscript and superscript syntax that renders: HTML sub and sup tags, Pandoc tildes and carets, LaTeX, and Unicode fallbacks. Try our free editor.

September 11, 2026·8 min read

Markdown Columns: 3 Ways to Build Multi-Column Layouts

Build markdown columns three ways: a borderless table, an HTML table, or Pandoc fenced divs, plus what renders on GitHub and Obsidian. Try our free editor.

September 11, 2026·9 min read

Markdown Arrows: How to Type Arrow Symbols (2026)

Type a markdown arrow three ways: Unicode, HTML entities like →, and numeric codes, with a 20-arrow table and Mac and Windows shortcuts. Try our editor.

September 11, 2026·9 min read

Markdown vs Markup: What's the Difference?

Markdown vs markup explained: markup is the family (HTML, XML, LaTeX, RST), Markdown is its lightweight member. One note shown in all five. Try our editor.

September 11, 2026·10 min read

Python Markdown: Convert Markdown to HTML in Python

Python Markdown tutorial: Python-Markdown vs markdown-it-py vs mistune on the same input, plus a full script with extensions and nh3. Try our free editor.

September 11, 2026·11 min read

Website to Markdown: Convert Any URL to .md

Convert a website to Markdown in three steps: fetch, extract, convert. Get a URL converter, Python and Node scripts, and a cleanup list. Try our free editor.

September 11, 2026·9 min read

Markdown Converter: Every Direction Explained (2026)

Markdown converter map: convert Markdown to HTML, PDF, Word, and text, or convert to Markdown from HTML, Word, and PDF, with what survives. Try our editor.

September 11, 2026·10 min read

Markdown Slides: Presentations with Marp and reveal.js

Make markdown slides with an 8-slide Marp deck explained line by line, the same deck in reveal.js, separator differences and PDF or PPTX export. Try our editor.

September 11, 2026·11 min read

Markdown Button: 3 Ways to Add Clickable Buttons

No markdown button syntax exists, so here are the 3 ways that work: badge image links, HTML anchors GitHub keeps, and shortcodes. Try our free editor.

September 11, 2026·8 min read

Markdown Email: Write Emails in Markdown (Gmail, Outlook)

Send a markdown email from Gmail, Outlook or Apple Mail: render and paste the preview, use Markdown Here, or add mailto: links with a subject. Try our editor.

September 11, 2026·9 min read

Markdown CSS Themes: Style Markdown Like GitHub

Use markdown CSS themes to style rendered Markdown: a paste-ready github-markdown-css template with dark mode, code highlighting, Pandoc, and VS Code. Try free.

September 11, 2026·9 min read

Center Markdown Text: Text, Headings, and Tables (2026)

Learn how to center markdown text, headings, and tables with HTML snippets that survive GitHub, Obsidian, and Hugo, plus the blank-line rule. Try our editor.

September 11, 2026·8 min read

How to Convert HTML to Markdown: 3 Methods

Convert HTML to markdown using our free tool, Turndown JS library, or Pandoc CLI. Perfect for WordPress migration and CMS content cleanup. Step-by-step.

May 2, 2026·5 min read

Markdown vs HTML: Key Differences and When to Use Each

Compare markdown and HTML syntax, readability, and use cases. Learn when to use markdown for content and when HTML is the better choice.

April 9, 2026·8 min read