# Bold **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 12, 2001, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674 "2001-03-12T17:36:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/1 "2001-03-12T17:36:31Z")
Many posters use bold print to emphasize points. How do you do that? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/2 "2001-03-12T17:46:50Z")
[Check out our Nifty vB-codes explanation page, for starters](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?action=bbcode) ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/3 "2001-03-12T18:33:12Z")
\*\*Thanks[b/] Coldfire[u/] \*verymuch[i/] ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/4 "2001-03-12T18:36:50Z")
\*\*thanks[b/] ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/5 "2001-03-12T18:38:10Z")
**thsnks** ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/6 "2001-03-12T20:11:13Z")
[whisper]is this how you do the small letters?[/whisper] ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/7 "2001-03-12T20:23:30Z")
Meant to hit preveiw, not post, sorry but the whispering thing is killing me here…it wasn’t included in the vb codes link. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/8 "2001-03-12T20:41:14Z")
[sub]pssst… Tequila. Yes it is… [/sub] (substitute for {} ) {sub}Text {/sub} ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/9 "2001-03-12T20:50:35Z")
Tequila Mockingbird, if you mean [sub]whispering like this[/sub] or [sup]maybe like this[/sup] and if you have Netscape, you can [sub][sup]whisper like this.[/sup][/sub] You can hit the quote button if you want to see how I did it. It is the undocumented **[sub]/[/sub]** and **[sup]/[/sup]** codes. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/10 "2001-03-12T21:06:33Z")
[sub]Thanks Jim and Arden[sub/] I didn’t know the correct phrase-trigger [sup]am I special now?[sup/] Smooches and hugs to you both! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/11 "2001-03-12T21:30:17Z")
[sub]that’snofairIwantsmoochesandhugstobutnotfromJimandArden,either[/sub] hehe ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/12 "2001-03-12T21:33:51Z")
Small text aligned with normal text [sub][sup]like this[/sup][/sub] displays in IE, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/13 "2001-03-12T22:04:40Z")
Oops, Zgy, you’re right, I forgot. It is a version thing with IE. IE5.0 doesn’t work but IE5.5 does, think. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/14 "2001-03-12T22:13:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*[sub]that’snofairIwantsmoochesandhugstobutnotfromJimandArden,either[/sub] > > hehe \*\* Hey! Just what’s wrong with smooches and hugs from me? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/15 "2001-03-12T22:40:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > > \*\*[sub]that’snofairIwantsmoochesandhugstobutnotfromJimandArden,either[/sub] > > > > hehe \*\* > > Hey! Just what’s wrong with smooches and hugs from me? \*\* I’ll take his share. Jim ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/16 "2001-03-13T15:52:41Z")
[sub]whisper[sub] like this? ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/17 "2001-03-13T15:57:20Z")
[sub u]can U underline too[/sub u] ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/18 "2001-03-13T16:00:17Z")
[u sub] can U underline too?[/u sub] ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/19 "2001-03-13T16:02:44Z")
[sub] can U underline too?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674/20 "2001-03-13T16:03:27Z")
[grumpyoldman] Ok, new SDMB rule: Rule 3.14151415999999: Subsection A.3.a.1(b): Each poster [**poster**] must have his or her gender expressly expressed in an expressive manner in her user name. If **poster** does not or cannot comply, he or she must do so in his or her profile. Somewhere. Really. [/grumpyoldman] Orrrrrrrrrrrrrr I could go look on the People Pages, which I don’t have bookmarked on this work computer. 😃 BTW, **justwannano** , to underline **and** whisper, you nest your text… Like this: [sub]hehe look at me, i’m a little poster [/sub] And hit the ol Quote button to see the coding. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold/57674.md?page=2)