What is Bold (type)?
In formatting, '''bold type''' is a little bit darker and bigger than normal type. It is used to emphasize a few words as a bolded text can attract attention from the reader. == Usage == [[Markup language|Markup languages]] provide different ways to make a word '''bold'''. For example: * In [[HTML]], the <code><nowiki><b></nowiki></code> and the <code><nowiki></b></nowiki></code> tags are used to surround the text that needs to be bolded.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_font_style.asp |title=W3Schools tutorial on <code><nowiki><b></nowiki></code> tags |access-date=2010-11-17 |archive-date=2010-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114191712/http://w3schools.com/tags/tag_font_style.asp |url-status=deviated |archivedate=2010-11-14 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114191712/http://w3schools.com/tags/tag_font_style.asp }}</ref> * In [[Wikitext]], an editor can bold a text using three apostrophes (<code><nowiki>'''</nowiki></code>) around the text to be bolded to produce the same results.<ref>[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting#Text_formatting_markup MediaWiki's help on bold text]</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Related pages == * [[Italic]] * [[Underlined]] {{-}} {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Typography]]