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Bold
On this page, you’ll learn:
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How to make text bold in AsciiDoc.
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Where to modify your site’s bold text styling.
Text that is marked up as bold will stand out against the regular, surrounding text due to the application of a thicker or darker font. Bold is useful when the text needs to catch the attention of a site visitor quickly scanning a page.
1. Bold syntax
A word or phrase is marked as bold when it’s enclosed in a single set of asterisks (e.g., *word*) (constrained formatting).
Bounded characters are marked as bold when they’re enclosed in a set of double asterisks (e.g., char**act**ers) (unconstrained formatting).
Bounded characters are characters that are:
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directly preceded by a non-whitespace character, or
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directly followed by a non-whitespace character.
You don’t need to use double asterisks when an entire word or phrase marked as bold is directly followed by a common punctuation mark, such as ;, ", and !.
A bold *word*, and a bold *phrase of text*. Bold c**hara**cter**s** within a word.
The result of Bold inline formatting is displayed below.
A bold word, and a bold phrase of text.
Bold characters within a word.
2. Mixing bold with other formatting
You can add multiple emphasis styles to bold text as long as the syntax is placed in the correct order.
`*_monospace bold italic phrase_*` & ``**__char__**``acter``**__s__**``
Monospace syntax (`) must be the outermost formatting set (i.e., outside the bold formatting set).
Italic syntax (_) is always the innermost formatting set.
The result of Order of inline formatting syntax is displayed below.
monospace bold italic phrase & characters
3. Site styles
How bold text appears on your site depends on the fonts loaded by your UI and any CSS styles applied to the <strong> HTML tag.
You can learn more about customizing how bold text appears in your site in the UI documentation.