
<p>To this end, Markdown&apos;s syntax is comprised entirely of punctuation
characters, which punctuation characters have been carefully chosen so
as to look like what they mean. E.g., asterisks around a word actually
look like *emphasis*. Markdown lists look like, well, lists. Even
blockquotes look like quoted passages of text, assuming you&apos;ve ever
used email.</p>

<h3 id="html">Inline HTML</h3>

<p>Markdown&apos;s syntax is intended for one purpose: to be used as a
format for <em>writing</em> for th