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How do you make lettered lists using markdown?

Markdown allows ordered lists using numbers. How can I instead get an ordered list using letters? i.e.

A. the letter A
B. the letter B
C. etc

instead of 

1. the number 1
2. the number 2
3. etc.
Solution

  • It doesn't appear that standard Markdown has this capability. You can:

    1. Use CSS, by putting this somewhere in your markdown document (note, this will effect all ordered lists in the document)
    <style type="text/css">
    ol { list-style-type: upper-alpha; }
</style>
    1. Use an extended version of markdown. Pandoc markdown has a fancy_lists extension that will allow you to mark lists with letters and roman numerals.

    Note: if using capital letters, two spaces are required before the text. See https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#fn1

    A.  the letter A
A.  the letter B
A.  etc