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Bold type did not arrive until the nineteenth century, and at first fonts did not have matching bold weights; instead a generic bold, sometimes a Clarendon or other kind of slab-serif, would be swapped in. [18] In some books printed before bold type existed, emphasis could be shown by switching to blackletter.
A bold font weight creates more contrast on the page, therefore creates more emphasis. [3] Using a bold font is therefore one way that type color can be adjusted. There are four different decisions a typographer can make that affect the type color.
Use the editor menu to change your font, font color, add hyperlinks, images and more. 1. Launch AOL Desktop Gold. 2. Sign on with your username and password. 3. Click the Write icon at the top of the window. 4. Click a button or its drop-down arrow (from left to right): • Select a font. • Change font size. • Bold font. • Italicize font.
Bold most commonly refers to: Bold (typography) , a font style used for emphasis, also known as boldface Boldness , or being bold, a human attitude, the opposite of being shy
Bold text is stylistically offset from other text without conveying extra importance. The most common use of boldface is to highlight the article title, and often synonyms, in the lead section. Do not use bold text for emphasis. Use ''' to open and close bold text.
Bold type is reserved for certain uses. Quotation marks for emphasis of a single word or phrase are incorrect, and "scare quotes" are discouraged. Quotation marks are to show that you are using the correct word as quoted from the original source.
In typography, text or font in all ... (more rarely) bold. [7] ... and the textual display of shouting or emphasis was still not a settled matter by 1984.
Clarendon has a bold, solid structure, similar in letter structure to the "modern" serif typefaces popular in the nineteenth century for body text (for instance showing an 'R' with a curled leg, and ball terminals on the 'a' and 'c'), but bolder and with less contrast in stroke weight.