@sukima @atomicpoet @fediversenews @quephird but Markdown is not the solution to a typography problem, it’s the solution to a semantic problem - you want to indicate that •these words• are being emphasized, not that those individual letters are each being emphasized. There •is• a difference, which, as mentioned, gets highlighted by thins like screen readers and programs reading text.
Markdown is not a great solution, but it’s a good solution to use while seeking a better one.