Use bold sparingly
for emphasis
One way to grab a viewer’s attention in a sea of words is to set some of the text in a bold font, which is heavier and darker than the regular type. Bold fonts are used for emphasis to make certain words and phrases stand out from the surrounding text.
What does bold font do?
A set of type characters that are darker and heavier than normal. A bold font implies
that each character was originally designed with a heavier appearance rather than created on the fly from a normal character
. See boldface attribute. Many fonts come in normal, bold, italic and bold italic variations.
We use bold
for emphasis
, when we want to make sure that our reader sees and takes in certain words. The main examples are: Keywords, for example in a dictionary, where each headword is usually in bold.
When should I use italics and bold?
- Bold or italic—think of them as mutually exclusive. That is the rule #1.
- Rule #2: use bold and italic as little as possible. They are tools for emphasis. …
- With a serif font, use italic for gentle emphasis, or bold for heavier emphasis.
- If you’re using a sans serif font, skip italic and use bold for emphasis.
How do I make my font bold?
- Move your pointer to the Mini toolbar above your selection and click Bold .
- Click Bold in the Font group on the Home tab.
- Type the keyboard shortcut: CTRL+B.
What are some examples of bold words?
- audacious.
- bold.
- brave.
- courageous.
- daredevil.
- daring.
- dashing.
- gutsy.
What does it mean when words are in bold?
Bold strongly stands out from regular text
, and is often used to highlight keywords important to the text’s content. For example, printed dictionaries often use boldface for their keywords, and the names of entries can conventionally be marked in bold.
What does bold words mean in reading?
Sometimes, a writer will make a word stand out by using bold font, which is darker or heavier than other text. When words are bolded, it means
the writer wants us to pay close attention to those words
. (For example, the term ‘bold font’ in this paragraph is bolded to attract your attention to this key vocabulary term.)
What does bold mean in text?
Bold, bold face, or bold font is
any text that is darkened to help emphasize a remark or comment
. For example, this is bold text. If your browser supports bold text, the previous words “bold text” are in bold lettering.
Is bold text rude?
Don’t abuse
the bold, italics and underline styling.
While these features can be used to emphasize a point, too much of a good thing goes bad quickly. An email full of bold, italicized and underlined text could come across as aggressive, or even rude. If nothing else, it’s distracting and confusing.
When should you use bold?
Use bold fonts for
emphasis to highlight important points
, but use them as little as possible. If everything is emphasized, then nothing stands out. Use restraint when using bold type. Whole paragraphs of text set in bold type are hard to read.
Do you put quotes in italics?
Generally and grammatically speaking,
put titles of shorter works in quotation marks but italicize titles of longer works
. For example, put a “song title” in quotation marks but italicize the title of the album it appears on.
How do I change text from bold to normal?
Note: If you just need to convert to regular text,
press Ctrl + B in the Find What box and then click in the Replace With box and press Ctrl + B twice
. This tells Word to replace Bold with Not Bold.
How do you make text bold in line?
For bold:
add an asterisk (*) before and after the specifics words
: e.g. *hello* For italics: add an underscore (_) before and after the specifics words: e.g. _hello_ For strikethrough: add a tilde (~) before and after the specifics words: e.g. ~hello~
How can I use bold in a sentence?
- Because I was bold, my friends pushed me into the haunted house ahead of them.
- When my friend broke up with her boyfriend, she was bold enough to do it in front of the entire school.
- He was a bold adventurer, always looking for the next thrill.
