Formatting codes, are used by IRC clients, to produce a more readable format, by changing text to and from bold, underline, colour (both font and background colours) and reversed text.
Most, but not all, clients support this, and some support it differently to others.
Additionally, some clients support more than the codes listed below, however, I will point out, only the ones that are relevant.
Most of this topic will relate to how mIRC functions, seeing how this is the more widely used client. Should any issues regarding “other client” support be noted, you should point these out in a reply, as they may likely be asked in the future.
Bold text
Client support
This is produces using the CTRL+B control code, by literally holding down the CTRL key, and tapping B.
ASCII character
The bold character has a octal value of 2, but is represented as 002.
As with all the characters, simply typing 002 isn’t enough, as this will only produce the characters 0, 0 and 2. Instead, you have to escape the code,
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