A light Creole_engine have been integrated into PlantUML to have a standardized way of defining text style. All diagrams are now supporting this syntax. (Note that ascending compatibility with HTML syntax is preserved)

<uml t=“creole”> Alice → Bob : hello –there– … Some ~~long delay~~ … Bob → Alice : ok note left

This is **bold**
This is //italics//
This is ""monospaced""
This is --stroked--
This is __underlined__
This is ~~waved~~

end note </uml>

<uml t=“creole_001”> object demo {

• Bullet list
• Second item
• * Sub item

}

legend

# Numbered list
# Second item
## Sub item
## Another sub item
# Third item

end legend </uml>

You can use the tilde ~ to escape special creole characters. <uml t=“creole_002”> object demo {

This is not ~___underscored__.
This is not ~""monospaced"".

} </uml>

<uml t=“creole_003”> database DB1 as “ You can have horizontal line

Or double line ==== Or strong line Or dotted line ..My title.. Enjoy! ” note right

This is working also in notes
You can also add title in all these lines
==Title==
--Another title--

end note

</uml>

<uml t=“creole_004”> usecase UC1 as “ = Extra-large heading Some text == Large heading Other text === Medium heading Information …. ==== Small heading” </uml>

Some HTML tags are also working:

• <b> for bold text
• <u> or <u:#AAAAAA> or <u:colorName> for underline
• <i> for italic
• <s> or <s:#AAAAAA> or <s:colorName> for strike text
• <w> or <w:#AAAAAA> or <w:colorName> for wave underline text
• <color:#AAAAAA> or <color:colorName>
• <back:#AAAAAA> or <back:colorName> for background color
• <size:nn> to change font size
• <img:file> : the file must be accessible by the filesystem
• <img:http://url> : the URL must be available from the Internet

<uml t=“creole_005”> :* You can change <color:red>text color</color> * You can change <back:cadetblue>background color</back> * You can change <size:18>size</size> * You use <u>legacy</u> <b>HTML <i>tag</i></b> * You use <u:red>color</u> <s:green>in HTML</s> <w: #0000FF>tag</w>

* Use image : <img:sourceforge.jpg> ;

</uml>

<uml t=“creole_006”> skinparam titleFontSize 14 title

Example of simple table
|= |= table |= header |
| a | table | row |
| b | table | row |

end title [*] –> State1 </uml>

OpenIconic is an very nice open source icon set. Those icons have been integrated into the creole parser, so you can use them out-of-the-box. You can use the following syntax: <&amp;ICON_NAME>. <uml t=“creole_007”> title: <size:20><&heart>Use of OpenIconic<&heart></size> class Wifi note left

Click on <&wifi>

end note </uml> The complete list is available on OpenIconic_Website, or you can use the following special diagram: <uml t=“creole_008”> listopeniconic </uml>