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If you weren't aware https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc may be helpful. There are some basic options for text formatting on HN, including italics and bold.

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There is no bold.

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲?

Stop tricking people. Yes you can use unicode for all kinds of fun stuff, but that's not formatting, it's a hack.

I’m sorry, it was not my intention to mislead anyone. Yes, it’s all trickery with copy-and-pasted Unicode bold characters.

You would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those meddling kids!

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