# 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： ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
发布日期： [2014 年12 月 17 日 01:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-make-text-bold-in-the-middle-of-a-word-with-asterisks/23183/9 "2014-12-17T01:45:04Z")

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It works if you use $.

Here is my test$ **unbelievable** $but it works.

Works with italic too  
Here is my test$_unbelievable_$but it works.

So it seems the boundary detection doesn’t apply to symbols.

Oooh, found a way to use a non-visible character to do it 😄  
test� **bold** �Iknow  
`test&#001; **bold** &#001;Iknow`

**Edit:**  
I only know this because we run into this “workaround” on our instance when people don’t properly surround their code blocks with backticks or indent them with 4 spaces.

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