Better Markup Headings

Jun 19, 2023 (IST)

Lightweight markup languages are designed in such a way that the markup looks like what is intended. Bulleted lists use asterisks or hyphens and emphasised text has asterisks or underscores around it.

The headings, however, have a structure that highlights lower level headings over higher level headings. Instead, in a markdown file, the highest level heading should have the most hashes (‘#’), while the lowest level heading should have the least. Other lightweight markup languages should do the same with whatever character they use for headings.

###### Heading Level 1 (Document Title)

This is the introductory paragraph of your document.

##### Heading Level 2 (Section Heading)

This is the content of the first section.

#### Heading Level 3 (Sub-Section Heading)

This is the content of Section 1.1.