Markdowns are necessary features everyone on steemit needs to be familiar with in other to make their article neat and readable, markdowns make our post more organized and crisply arranged.

Below are some of these markdowns:

Headlines

Headlines are really the most important part of your article writing. It is the first thing that can grab the attention of your reader. Your headlines, in effect, are your first real point of connection with others, so you need to get them right, you can always click on #markdownstylingguide when writing a post to have quick glance on what markdown you want to apply.

Header 1

Header 2

Header 3

To apply the above markdown, put a # sign then press the spacebar followed by the words.
example.

Bold markdown

Bold words are use to make a point stand out, here’s how to apply it:

Italics
In typography, Italic is a cursive font based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting, such fonts normally slant slightly to the right. Italics are a way to emphasize key points in a printed text, or when quoting a speaker a way to show which words they stressed.
Here’s it is done:

These words are in italics
Here's how:

Links
Linking source when writing article on steemit community is very necessary in that you will avoid plagiarism.
Here’s what you need to do:
[text you want to insert](source link)
Remember, use correct brackets and no space in between.
Example
[source](website link)
source

Image
Image gives precise information concerning what an author is trying to convey to his readers.
To add an image, you can paste the url or select them.

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