Typography and Markdown

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This guide covers all the basic Markdown formatting options available in the theme.

Basic Text Formatting

As is standard in Markdown, the basic formatting options are:

Bold text is created using double asterisks: **bold text**
Italic text is created using single asterisks: *italic text*
Inline code is created using backticks: `inline code`
~~Strikethrough~~: created using double tildes: ~~strikethrough~~
Links are created using: [Link Text](https://example.com)

Headings

Mono supports six levels of headings, each with appropriate sizing and spacing for clear visual hierarchy, which are created using hash symbols:

Images and Media

Sun, 05 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Mono theme provides several options for incorporating images and media into posts with clean and responsive layouts.

Images

Image Placement

There are two main ways to organize images in a Hugo site:

1. Post Bundle (Recommended): Place images alongside the post in a folder, where the markdown file is named index.md and images are in the same directory:

content/posts/my-post/
├── index.md
├── image1.jpg
└── image2.png