Docs
The writing format Consistent Notes uses — plain text that styles as you type.
Markdown is a way of formatting text with plain characters you already type: *asterisks* for italic, # for headings, - for bullets. You write **bold** and the app shows bold, while the file on disk stays plain text that any editor can read, forever.
Your entries are yours. A journal written in Markdown isn’t trapped in an app — every entry is a dated .md file you can open anywhere, and the formatting travels with it. Ten years from now, any text editor on Earth will render it.
The editor highlights as you type — italic shows italic, headings take color, code gets a chip — but the underlying characters stay in the file. By default formatting characters are hidden except on the line you’re editing; see writing entries for the visibility setting and the typing conveniences (auto-pairs, smart lists, emoji shortcodes).
You never have to learn it all. ⌘B is bold, ⌘I is italic, and the toolbar buttons insert the rest. Markdown is just what shows up in the file when you do.
Ready for the full syntax? The Markdown reference has every character Consistent Notes understands.