Editing Style guide (section)

===Bold and italics===
Place ''two'' apostrophes (<nowiki>''Italicized text''</nowiki>) on either side of a selection of text to italicize the selection. Italics are mainly used to ''emphasize'' certain words, though they should be used sparingly. Also note that ''Phantasy Star Online'' and ''Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst'' should always be italicized. Long stretches of italics are hard for some users to read.

Place '''three''' apostrophes (<nowiki>'''Boldfaced text'''</nowiki>) on either side of a selection of text to boldface the selection. Bold is used as a stronger emphasis than italics, although it should be used extremely sparingly within articles, such as for a few critical points, and ideally not a whole sentence. However, the first appearance of an article's title in the article should always be boldfaced, i.e.:
:'''Swords''' are the most basic...

Place '''''five''''' apostrophes (<nowiki>'''''Boldfaced and italicized text'''''</nowiki>) on either side of a selection to use bold and italics in combination on the selection. Bold and italics combined emphasize selections well, but should be used ''extremely rarely'': bold italics represent more emphasis than is normally ever necessary.

As you can see, bold works well to emphasize sentences as well as short phrases and single words, while italics are a much weaker emphasis for sentences, but work well on short phrases or single words. Bold and italics are used in combination very rarely. Excessive use of any of these text elements will make the entire article difficult to read, so please use them in appropriate situations.