# 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 日午後 4:11 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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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2014 年 12 月 17 日午前 1:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-make-text-bold-in-the-middle-of-a-word-with-asterisks/23183/8 "2014-12-17T01:36:52Z")

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Not a bug, by design. Intra-word emphasis is generally unwanted so we disable it.

Read this old blog post to learn why:

> **[Three Markdown Gotchas - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.blog/2008/06/25/three-markdown-gotcha/)**

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