After referencing the Markdown Syntax guide on Telegram’s Wiki page, it appears to be quite straightforward to format text as bold and italic.
The guide explains that:
*this is in italic* and _so is this_
**this is in bold** and __so is this__
***this is bold and italic*** and ___so is this___
will yield:
this is in italic and so is this
this is in bold and so is this
this is bold and italic and so is this
.
However, when using just:
***this is bold and italic***
the result is:
*this is bold an italic*
and if you use:
___this is bold and italic___
it outputs:
_this is bold an italic_
.
It seems like Telegram’s markdown interpretation has been altered.
When creating a Telegram bot, HTML can be used instead of markdown formatting, but I simply want to send some bold and italic messages to my friends during casual chats.
Unfortunately, the markdown syntax described here doesn't seem to function properly. I have attempted to use it without success.