title: Zettelmarkup: Summary of Formatting Characters
role: manual
tags: #manual #reference #zettelmarkup #zettelstore
syntax: zmk
back: 00001007000000
backward: 00001007000000
box-number: 1
copyright: (c) 2020-present by Detlef Stern <ds@zettelstore.de>
created: 20210126175322
forward: 00001007030000 00001007030100 00001007030200 00001007030300 00001007030400 00001007030500 00001007030600 00001007030700 00001007030800 00001007030900 00001007031000 00001007031100 00001007031200 00001007031300 00001007031400 00001007040000 00001007040100 00001007040200 00001007040300 00001007040320 00001007050000
lang: en
license: EUPL-1.2-or-later
modified: 20260608183326
published: 20260608183326
visibility: public

The following table gives an overview about the use of all characters that begin a markup element.

| Character | [Blocks](00001007030000) | [Inlines](00001007040000) |
| :-: | :-- | :-- |
| `!` | (free) | (free) |
| `"` | [Verse block](00001007030700) | [Short inline quote](00001007040100) |
| `#` | [Ordered list](00001007030200) | [marked / highlighted text](00001007040100) |
| `$` | [Math-mode](00001007031400) | [Inline math](00001007040200) |
| `%` | [Comment block](00001007030900) | [Comment](00001007040000) |
| `&` | (free) | [Entity](00001007040000) |
| `'` | (free) | [Computer input](00001007040200) |
| `(` | (free) | (free) |
| `)` | (free) | (free) |
| `*` | [Unordered list](00001007030200) | [strongly emphasized text](00001007040100) |
| `+` | (reserved) | (reserved) |
| `,` | (free) | [Sub-scripted text](00001007040100) |
| `-` | [Horizontal rule](00001007030400) | &ldquo;[en-dash](00001007040000)&rdquo; |
| `.` | (free) | (free) |
| `/` | (free) | (free) |
| `:` | [Region block](00001007030800) / [description text](00001007030100) | [Inline region](00001007040100) |
| `;` | [Description term](00001007030100) | (free) |
| `<` | [Quotation block](00001007030600) | (free) |
| `=` | [Headings](00001007030300) | [Computer output](00001007040200) |
| `>` | [Quotation lists](00001007030200) | [Inserted text](00001007040100) |
| `?` | (free) | (free) |
| `@` | [Inline-Zettel block](00001007031200) | (reserved) |
| `[` | (reserved) | [Linked material](00001007040300), [citation key](00001007040300), [footnote](00001007040300), [mark](00001007040300) |
| `\` | (blocked by inline meaning) | [Escape character](00001007040000) |
| `]` | (reserved) | End of [link](00001007040300), [citation key](00001007040300), [footnote](00001007040300), [mark](00001007040300) |
| `^` | (free) | [Super-scripted text](00001007040100) |
| `_` | (free) | [Emphasized text](00001007040100) |
| ``` | [Verbatim block](00001007030500) | [Literal text](00001007040200) |
| `{` | [Transclusion](00001007031100) | [Embedded material](00001007040300), [Attribute](00001007050000) |
| `|` | [Table row / table cell](00001007031000) | Separator within link and [embed](00001007040320) formatting |
| `}` | End of [Transclusion](00001007031100) | End of embedded material, End of Attribute |
| `~` | [Evaluation block](00001007031300) | [Deleted text](00001007040100) |