4.19 Option for markup style in Org and others

Brief: Choose style of markup in Org, Markdown, and others (affects constructs such as Org’s ‘=verbatim=’ and ‘~code~’).

Symbol: modus-themes-markup (‘boolean’ type)

Possible values are expressed as a list of properties (default is nil or an empty list). The list can include any of the following symbols:

1. bold
2. italic
3. background
4. intense

The italic property applies a typographic slant (italics).

The bold property applies a heavier typographic weight.

Configure bold and italic faces.

The background property adds a background color. The background is a shade of gray, unless the intense property is also set.

The intense property amplifies the existing coloration. When background is used, the background color is enhanced as well and becomes tinted instead of being gray.

Combinations of any of those properties are expressed as a list, like in these examples:

(bold)
(bold italic)
(bold italic intense)
(bold italic intense background)

The order in which the properties are set is not significant.

In user configuration files the form may look like this:

(setq modus-themes-markup '(bold italic))

Also check the variables org-hide-emphasis-markers, org-hide-macro-markers.