You don’t have to remember all those nitty-gritty details. This will all make much more sense when we get to some juicy examples down below. What does exist for our text-coloring purposes, though, is a “hacked” version of text highlighting using syntax coloring methods from highlight.js.Įven though we can’t directly highlight text, we can create a Discord code block, point it towards a specific syntax highlighting profile included in highlight.js, and then use that to our advantage by wrapping our text in the appropriate symbols. You can’t say, “I want this word to be in red, and this one to be in blue!”. Now, I want to make it clear that Discord doesn’t have true full-text highlighting. Highlight.js Makes Color Possibleīefore we dig into markdown I wanted to explain another neat feature the Discord developers added on. We’re going to dig into Discord Markdown in the next section so you can learn how to properly format all of your messages in any way you’d like. You’ll learn the basics behind Discord’s formatting engine (Markdown & Highlight.js), basic formatting commands (bolding, italicizing, underlining, etc.), and you’ll learn how to type out text in boxes and code blocks - in color!

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably been that guy or gal (or you’re trying to avoid all the disappointment and become a Discord text formatting wiz!)Įither way, today I’m going to show you how to type out literally every single format the Discord App offers. In this guide, we’re going to walk through Discord text formatting in detail, and show you exactly how to color text, bold it, italicize it, and much more! You Can Learn Awesome Discord Text Formatting What kind of Discord command(s) were people using to format their text so nicely? People were typing in underlines, bolded letters, strikethrough text, italics, and even colors within the Discord chat! “How in the world do people type in colors within their Discord message?!”, I thought.

I was a complete newbie back then when I joined my first Discord channel.

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