# Characters that change post formatting

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/characters-that-change-post-formatting/76469
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [20.Декабрь.2017 07:01:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/characters-that-change-post-formatting/76469 "2017-12-20T07:01:47Z")
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### Author: ![Biscuit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/biscuit/32/94482_2.png) [@Biscuit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biscuit)
#### Post date: [20.Декабрь.2017 07:01:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/characters-that-change-post-formatting/76469/1 "2017-12-20T07:01:47Z")

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I discovered that placing = on the line after text makes it a heading, which is handy.

I also noticed that ~~~ causes formatting changes, but I’m not sure what.

Is there a list of all of these characters which impact formatting of a post?

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [20.Декабрь.2017 09:25:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/characters-that-change-post-formatting/76469/2 "2017-12-20T09:25:46Z")

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See [http://commonmark.org/help](http://commonmark.org/help) and the tutorial there.

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### Author: ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [20.Декабрь.2017 09:28:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/characters-that-change-post-formatting/76469/3 "2017-12-20T09:28:45Z")

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Since that overview doesn’t mention `~~~`: These build fenced code blocks, which can also be started by three backticks (`````) as mentioned in the help page 🙂

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### Author: ![Biscuit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/biscuit/32/94482_2.png) [@Biscuit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biscuit)
#### Post date: [20.Декабрь.2017 09:45:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/characters-that-change-post-formatting/76469/4 "2017-12-20T09:45:22Z")

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Thanks both. I typed in ~~~ and saw some characters appear in colour.

I thought there must be a way to use coloured fonts after all.

But, from your responses, I now realise it was colouring code commands.

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [21.Декабрь.2017 23:00:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/characters-that-change-post-formatting/76469/5 "2017-12-21T23:00:12Z")

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