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Re:“This story is being previewed exclusively on Apple News ... by kuschku on Sunday September 20, 2015 @11:46PM (#10250249)
How do we make text bold for emphasis? or should we just use UTF characters for that?
Re:“This story is being previewed exclusively on Apple News ... by andreyf on Monday September 21, 2015 @12:03AM (#10250309)
For emphasis there is italics, which you can make by adding asterisks around the word.
Re:“This story is being previewed exclusively on Apple News ... by kuschku on Monday September 21, 2015 @11:06AM (#10252773)
And if I want 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱 text? I know how to get italics.

Most typographs disagree with using italics:

> If you’re us­ing a sans serif font, skip italic and use bold for em­pha­sis. It’s not usu­ally worth ital­i­ciz­ing sans serif fonts—un­like serif fonts, which look quite dif­fer­ent when ital­i­cized, most sans serif italic fonts just have a gen­tle slant that doesn’t stand out on the page.

http://practicaltypography.com/bold-or-italic.html

Re:“This story is being previewed exclusively on Apple News ... by p00b on Monday September 21, 2015 @12:36AM (#10250397)
Which was explained in the cited link.
Re:“This story is being previewed exclusively on Apple News ... by kuschku on Monday September 21, 2015 @11:12AM (#10252817)
Which does not help me when most typographers say to use 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱 for emphasis: http://practicaltypography.com/bold-or-italic.html
Re:“This story is being previewed exclusively on Apple News ... by desdiv on Monday September 21, 2015 @12:01AM (#10250299)
According to grammarians, you're supposed to use italics for emphasis in English.
Re:“This story is being previewed exclusively on Apple News ... by kuschku on Monday September 21, 2015 @11:09AM (#10252793)
Eh, I read quite a few books that say the opposite

> If you’re us­ing a sans serif font, skip italic and use bold for em­pha­sis. It’s not usu­ally worth ital­i­ciz­ing sans serif fonts—un­like serif fonts, which look quite dif­fer­ent when ital­i­cized, most sans serif italic fonts just have a gen­tle slant that doesn’t stand out on the page.

http://practicaltypography.com/bold-or-italic.html

Re:“This story is being previewed exclusively on Apple News ... by alayne on Sunday September 20, 2015 @11:50PM (#10250258)
Please just write normally formatted sentences.
Re:“This story is being previewed exclusively on Apple News ... by kuschku on Monday September 21, 2015 @11:16AM (#10252848)
As I answered to several other comments, this is not a helpful suggestion when most typographers suggest to use bold for emphasis of sans-serif fonts, as italic with sans-serif is less noticeable than 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱.
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Re:“This story is being previewed exclusively on Apple News ... by kuschku on Monday September 21, 2015 @01:44PM (#10253874)
But I want to have the typesetting ability to provide emphasis, distinction, quotes, like in a book.

If I can’t get TeX or markdown, at least proper emphasis should be supported.

Re:“This story is being previewed exclusively on Apple News ... by tobico on Monday September 21, 2015 @12:53AM (#10250447)
How do I make the dots on my "i"s into little love hearts to show how much I love the reader?