Markdown
Have you heard of Markdown? It's supposed to be a simpler way of formatting your text, which then gets converted into HTML for you. This functionality has now been built into TypePad.
A couple of examples which I'll copy and paste here are:
*italic* or _italic_
**bold** or __bold__
***bold and italics*** or
___bold and italics___
The * and _ characters are basically your 'tags' but look a little simpler. There are other types of syntax in Markdown such as simple ways to create links, lists and block text.
It's an interesting idea, but I wonder if it will take off. Although this could be useful for new bloggers who don't know HTML I have a feeling it might just start confusing people who dare to look at their code.
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