On this page, you’ll learn:

  • How to apply monospace formatting to inline text in AsciiDoc.

  • Where to modify your site’s inline monospace text styling.

Technical content often requires text to be styled in a way that indicates it is a command or source code. Such text is usually emphasized using a fixed-width, i.e., monospace, font.

Inline monospace syntax

A word or phrase is marked as monospace when it is enclosed in a single set of backticks (`word`) (constrained formatting). Bounded characters are marked as monospace when they’re enclosed in a set of double backticks (char``act``ers) (unconstrained formatting).

Bounded characters are characters that are:

  • directly preceded by a non-whitespace character, or

  • directly followed by a non-whitespace character.

Monospace inline formatting
A monospace `word`, and a monospace `phrase of text`.

Monospace c``hara``cter``s`` within a word.

You don’t need to use double backticks when an entire word or phrase marked as monospace is directly followed by a common punctuation mark, such as ;, ", and !.


A monospace word, and a monospace phrase of text.

Monospace characters within a word.

Mixing monospace with other formatting

You can add multiple emphasis styles to monospace text as long as the syntax is placed in the correct order.

Order of inline formatting syntax
`*_monospace bold italic phrase_*` & ``**__char__**``acter``**__s__**``

Monospace syntax is always the outermost formatting set. Bold syntax (*) must be outside the italic formatting set. Italic syntax (_) is always the innermost formatting set.


monospace bold italic phrase & characters

Site styles

How inline monospace text appears on your site depends on the fonts loaded by your UI and any CSS styles applied to the <code> HTML tag. You can learn more about customizing how monospace text appears in your site in the UI documentation.

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