Zettelmarkup: Summary of Formatting Characters
The following table gives an overview about the use of all characters that begin a markup element.
| Character | Blocks | Inlines |
| ! | (free) | (free) |
| " | Verse block | Short inline quote |
| # | Ordered list | marked / highlighted text |
| $ | (reserved) | (reserved) |
| % | Comment block | Comment |
| & | (free) | Entity |
| ' | (free) | Computer input |
| ( | (free) | (free) |
| ) | (free) | (free) |
| * | Unordered list | strongly emphasized text |
| + | (free) | (free) |
| , | (free) | Sub-scripted text |
| - | Horizontal rule | “en-dash” |
| . | (free) | (free) |
| / | (free) | (free) |
| : | Region block / description text | Inline region |
| ; | Description term | (free) |
| < | Quotation block | (free) |
| = | Headings | Computer output |
| > | Quotation lists | Inserted text |
| ? | (free) | (free) |
| @ | Inline-Zettel block | Inline-zettel snippet |
| [ | (reserved) | Linked material, citation key, footnote, mark |
| \ | (blocked by inline meaning) | Escape character |
| ] | (reserved) | End of link, citation key, footnote, mark |
| ^ | (free) | Super-scripted text |
| _ | (free) | Emphasized text |
| ` | Verbatim block | Literal text |
| { | Transclusion | Embedded material, Attribute |
| | | Table row / table cell | Separator within link and embed formatting |
| } | End of Transclusion | End of embedded material, End of Attribute |
| ~ | Evaluation block | Deleted text |