# Bold not working?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold-not-working/453808>\
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**Created:** [June 22, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold-not-working/453808 "2008-06-22T17:46:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold-not-working/453808/1 "2008-06-22T17:46:43Z")

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Bold not working?  
The **bold** function doesn’t seem to work. I’ve also noticed the bolding of OP titles in the fora isn’t working either, so I can’t really tell what’s new and which ones have new replies.

Is it just me?

(I’ve bolded “bold” in my sentence, FWIW, but when I got to edit, the b /b are gone.)

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold-not-working/453808/2 "2008-06-22T17:53:12Z")

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[QUOTE=ivylass]  
Bold not working?  
The **bold** function doesn’t seem to work.  
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Wait! You say the “bold” function doesn’t work, but the word “bold” in your post is bolded. What am I missing?

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold-not-working/453808/3 "2008-06-22T17:58:35Z")

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When I started using Safari instead of Netscape, I noticed that it didn’t display the bold as prominently. Maybe it’s something like that? What browser are you using, **ivylass**?

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold-not-working/453808/4 "2008-06-22T20:06:44Z")

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Mozilla. Now I see it. That was weird.

Okay…false alarm…never mind.