Use bold text sparingly Usability Guideline

Description

Use bold text sparingly - for one or two words or a short phrase.

Help

Keep runs of bold text to less than 70 characters.

Applicable standards

• Usability.gov 11:5

Note: The guidelines.usability.gov website has been down since July 2020, although www.usability.gov is still operating and the PDF version of the guidelines is still available.

Change history

• 4.0 Jun 2010 Changed limit from 50 to 70.
• 1.0 Feb 2007 Added.

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Rule ID: UseGov11.5