How to write URLs in Latex? [closed]

Question

How do you write a URL in Latex?

The subscripts and everything else make the font look very strange when it compiles.

Answer 1

You can use \url

\usepackage{hyperref}
\url{http://stackoverflow.com/}

Answer 2

You just need to escape characters that have special meaning: # $ % & ~ _ ^ \ { }

So

http://stack_overflow.com/~foo%20bar#link

would be

http://stack\_overflow.com/\~foo\%20bar\#link