Inline styles

Freely mixable and nestable: **bold**, *italic*, _underline_, ~~strike~~

Accents & gradients

[one] {two}

accent one, accent two

{[text]} [{text]}

blend one accent into the other

[text/lg] [text/rg]

fade an accent into the normal ink

{text/lg} {text/rg}

same, using accent two

Emoji inside an accent or gradient span tint to match.

Line types

##

large heading

-#

small aside

>

quote — left bar, tilt, slight transparency

#D

drop cap — first letter enlarged

#S

small caps — lowercase becomes small capitals

Rhyme markers

End a line with ~A ~B ~C ~D to tag its rhyme group — shown as a small colored bar, not as text. A and B use the accents; C and D use their split-complements. Combines with justification: text~A/r

Alignment (Horizontal)

/l /c /r — or /left /center /right — at the end of a line.

Split one line between alignments using segments:
left text <right text/r>
<left/l><center/c><right/r>

Segments <…>

Isolate part of a line. Segments accept any inline style above, plus:

/#:ff00ff

custom color

/f:4

font, by index (below)

/scale:150

size, percent of the fitted size

/track:150

letter-spacing, percent

/basis:50

raise; negative lowers

/jitter:150

per-letter hand jitter, percent

/grad:1#f00,2#00f

custom gradient, up to 4 stops

/rainbow /trans /lesbian

preset gradients; add :rev to reverse

/fx1,#abc,3

outline — color, thickness

/fx2,#f0f,10,4,4

shadow — color, blur, x, y

/effect:halo,60,#fff

typeface effect — letterpress, longshadow, doublestrike, chromatic, halo, bevel, erosion, doubleline, wavyline, dottedline or bloom; then strength, hue, angle, distance and grain — all optional

/fx0

drop effects for this segment only

Every directive has a sane bare form: /scale, /track, /jitter, /basis, /fx1, /fx2, /effect.

Chain as many as you like:
<text/#:ff00ff/f:4/scale:150/r/fx2,#fff,10,4,4>

Escaping

Prefix any special character with \ to print it literally: \[text\] prints [text]

Fonts, by index