Formatting Codes

Direct HTML is not allowed in your posts, however, the following formatting codes are available:

Description	Usage	Example Input	Example Output
Font Face	[font=font_name]...[/font]	[font=Times New Roman]Times New Roman[/font]	Times New Roman
Font Size	[size=pixels]...[/size]	[size=18]18-pixel text[/size]	18-pixel text
Foreground Color	[color=html_color*]...[/color] or [fg=html_color*]...[/fg]	[color=#003366]dark blue text[/color] or [fg="firebrick"]firebrick[/fg]	dark blue text or firebrick
Background Color	[bg=html_color*]...[/bg]	[bg=#FFFF00]highlighted yellow[/bg]	highlighted yellow

* html_color can be an RGB literal (#RGB or #RRGGBB) or a named web color.

Description	Usage	Example Input	Example Output
Link	[link=URL]anchor_text[/link]	[link=http://www.example.com/]Example[/link]	Example
Image	[img=URL]	[img=/welcome.jpg]
YouTube embed	[youtube=video ID]	[youtube=2Gg9EXmY4eI] youtube.com/watch?v=2Gg9EXmY4eI youtu.be/2Gg9EXmY4eI

Description	Usage	Example Input	Example Output
Bold	[b] ... [/b]	[b]bold text[/b]	bold text
Italic	[i] ... [/i]	[i]italic text[/i]	italic text
Strikethrough	[s] ... [/s]	[s]strikethrough text[/s]	strikethrough text
Underline	[u] ... [/u]	[u]underlined text[/u]	underlined text

Description	Usage	Example Input	Example Output
Left	[l] ... [/l]	[l]left-aligned text[/l]	left-aligned text
Center	[c] ... [/c]	[c]centered text[/c]	centered text
Right	[r] ... [/r]	[r]right-aligned text[/r]	right-aligned text
Justify	[j] ... [/j]	[j]this text is justified, which means that the words on each line except the last are spaced so that both the left and right sides are aligned evenly[/j]	this text is justified, which means that the words on each line except the last are spaced so that both the left and right sides are aligned evenly
Superscript	[sup] ... [/sup]	This text is [sup]superscript[/sup]	This text is superscript
Subscript	[sub] ... [/sub]	This text is [sub]subscript[/sub]	This text is subscript

Description	Usage	Example Input	Example Output
Quote, method 1	[q] ... [/q]	[q]quoted text[/q]	Quote: quoted text
Quote, method 2	[q=origin] ... [/q]	[q=Shakespeare]To be or not to be, that is the question[/q]	Quote: Shakespeare To be or not to be, that is the question
Computer code	[code] ... [/code]	[code]Object.DoSomething();[/code]	Object.DoSomething();

Start with [tbl] and [/tbl].

Rows are added inside [tbl] tags using the [row] and [/row] tags.

Header cells are added inside [row] tags using the [col] and [/col] tags.

Data cells are added inside [row] tags using the [dat] and [/dat] tags.

Header 1	Header 2	Header 3
Data value 1	Data value 2	Data value 3
Data value 4	Data value 5	Data value 6
Data value 7	Data value 8	Data value 9

For a bulleted list, start with [blist] and [/blist].

For a numbered list, start with [nlist] and [/nlist].

Add items inside the list tags using [item] and [/item].

• Bulleted item 1
• Bulleted item 2
• Bulleted item 3

1. Numbered item A
2. Numbered item B
3. Numbered item C

To hide "spoiler" text, enclose it within [spoiler] and [/spoiler] tags.

You can change the text shown on the button by specifying it like this: [spoiler=ButtonText]Spoiler text[/spoiler].


An opening or closing bracket can be escaped by enclosing itself in brackets, such as [[] or []]. This is handy when you want to discuss one of the above tags, without having your text be parsed as tags.

ASCII characters. This table holds many mathematical and gaming symbols. To insert an ASCII character into your post, precede the 3 or 4 digit number with &#, follow it with a semicolon; no spaces between those 6 or 7 characters. Or, using the specific table above, the characters and code needed can simply be copied and pasted.

On PC/MAC keyboards, holding the ALT key while typing the ASCII code assignment will also insert the desired character.