# Cannot make text bold in the middle of a word with asterisks

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-make-text-bold-in-the-middle-of-a-word-with-asterisks/23183>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2014 年12 月 16 日 16:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-make-text-bold-in-the-middle-of-a-word-with-asterisks/23183 "2014-12-16T16:11:52Z")\
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作者： ![jaming](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jaming/32/41227_2.png) [@jaming](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jaming)\
发布日期： [2014 年12 月 16 日 19:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-make-text-bold-in-the-middle-of-a-word-with-asterisks/23183/4 "2014-12-16T19:56:26Z")

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I think that is how markdown is supposed to work. From the link @tobiaseigen posted:

[Quote]Emphasis can be used in the middle of a word:  
un_frigging_believable  
[/Quote]  
[Source](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#em)

And see: [John MacFarlane - babelmark 2](http://johnmacfarlane.net/babelmark2/?normalize=1&text=Num **ber** wang)

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