# What's the coding for strikethrough text in this format?

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**Created:** [December 5, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coding-for-strikethrough-text-in-this-format/994149 "2023-12-05T23:45:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coding-for-strikethrough-text-in-this-format/994149/21 "2024-04-10T21:40:48Z")

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Testing **bold script** on Vincent in my SDMB Tweaker.

The problem seems to be that the font Vincent uses doesn’t actually have a bold version. So I have to fake it.

Here’s the code I added to the CSS for Vincent:

```
b, strong {
    font-weight: bolder;
    text-shadow: -0.3px 0, 0 0.3px, 0.3px 0, 0 -0.3px, -0.3px -0.3px, 0.3px 0.3px,
                 -0.3px 0.3px, 0.3px -0.3px;
    font-synthesis: weight;
    filter: brightness(110%);
}

```

Maybe this could be added to the Vincent theme by the devs.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coding-for-strikethrough-text-in-this-format/994149/22 "2024-04-10T23:29:01Z")

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Or they could just use the most recent version of the font from Google, using their font declarations. That’s what I finally wound up doing, to get a proper bold. Also, bold should be set to bold, not bolder, because bolder fails.

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coding-for-strikethrough-text-in-this-format/994149/23 "2024-04-12T07:21:26Z")

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