太字

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 太字 is a noun read ふとじ, meaning bold type whose strokes are thicker than ordinary text.
• Basic usage: It is used when emphasizing important information or changing only headings to bold in document formatting.
  • 重要な注意事項を太字で書きました。 says that the important precautions were written in bold; 見出しだけを太字にすると文章が読みやすくなります。 says that making only the headings bold makes the text easier to read.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 太字で書く
  • で marks bold type as the form in which the information is written.
• 見出しだけを太字にする
  • だけ limits the change to headings, and にする indicates the resulting format.
• 太字 and 細字
  • 太字 is bold type with thick strokes, while 細字 is type with thin strokes.