# Bolding mine

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-mine/343402>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [February 7, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-mine/343402 "2006-02-07T16:42:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-mine/343402/1 "2006-02-07T16:42:42Z")

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I’ve noticed several occasions when a poster will quote someone and then say “bolding mine” afterwards, but I never see any bolding inside the quote.

I wonder if you can’t bold something inside a quote? Let’s see:

> [@Sam](#):
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> This word has been **bolded**.

Nope, it doesn’t seem to work.

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**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-mine/343402/2 "2006-02-07T16:51:23Z")

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It may be the browser you’re using. In the quote in your post, I can see the word “bolded” in bold type.

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**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-mine/343402/3 "2006-02-07T16:52:04Z")

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But you _can_ change the color to emphasize a word. I’ve done it. It works.

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**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-mine/343402/4 "2006-02-07T17:01:07Z")

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Firefox tells me that bolded is bolded in your quote. So does Netscape and IE.

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**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-mine/343402/5 "2006-02-07T17:03:22Z")

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It’s probably due to the choice of font in your browser. Take a read through [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=353932), which deals with exactly this issue.

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**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-mine/343402/6 "2006-02-07T19:15:37Z")

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If I change my font size, I do see the bolding. Thanks!