Forms & Formatting (Paper Markdown)

Credit to TG Station for the original article, of which large portions of this guide is derived from.

Writing Tools

Pen

Pens are widely available around the station. Paper bins often have pens on them, every crew member starts with a pen in their PDA. There are numerous types of pens you can get.

  • Pen - A standard black ink pen. You write in the Verdana font.
  • Blue Pen - It's just blue ink.
  • Red Pen - It's just red ink.
  • Four Colour - You can change between black, blue, red and green ink. Available in the loadout menu.
  • Fountain Pen - You write in the Segoe Script font.
  • Captain Pen - It's a fountain pen with an oak body. You write in crimson ink. The nib is sharp. So sharp it can... actually butcher corpses? You also write in Segoe Script.

Crayon

Crayons work much like pens, except that they are always bold, and lack the list, horizontal rule, and small tags. You write in Comis Sans MS.

Formatting

Writing is performed by using any writing tool on paper, with any standard writing utensil.

Description	You type	You get
Bold text	**Bold text.** __Bold text.__	Bold text. Bold text.
Italic text	*Italics text.* _Italics text._	Italics text. Italics text.
Centering text	|Centered text.|	Centered text.
Lists	* Item one * Item two * Subitem one	Item one Item two Subitem one
Horizontal rules	Before line. --- After line.	Before line. After line.
Large text	^Large text.^	Large text.
Small text	((Small text.))	Small text.
Signature	%s	John Smith Note: Signatures can't be faked since they use a different font.
Field	%f	%f tags are not visible when reading a paper, but when writing on said paper a [Write] button will be visible, similar to the button at the bottom of the paper.
Headers	# H1 ## H2	H1 H2