Re: [O] Make * bold?

[Andreas Leha]

Hi Rainer,

Rainer M Krug <address@hidden> writes:

> Andrea Rossetti <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Rainer M Krug <Rainer <at> krugs.de> writes:
>>> I would like to make three stars bold - is this possible? I have the
>>> following table and at the moment, I get what is in the latex
>>> column. But I would like to have what is in the last column.
>>> 
>>> | org             | latex                        | what I would like     |
>>> | *3.96e-21 *** * | \textbf{3.96e-21 **} *       | \textbf{3.96e-21 ***} |
>>> ...
>>> 
>>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Hi! using the "pretty entity" \ast{} works for me in HTML and PDF:
>>
>> | *3.96e-21 \ast{}\ast{}\ast{}*  |
>>
>> Does it work for you too? Regards, Andrea
>
> Thanks - it does, indeed. Strange that it works for both export
> backends.
>
>
> But there are a few formating issues with this:
>
> 1) in tex, the spacing between two is different to the spacing between
> three
> 2) in html, the asterix are at the bottom and
> 3) it is not very readable in org.

To help with 3) have a look at http://orgmode.org/manual/Special-symbols.html 
(esp. C-c C-x \)

Best,
Andreas