ruby / ruby/rdoc

Bold and Italic must be available in current font color

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Description

There absolutely, positively, must be a way to get bold or italic text with unchanged (i.e., not red) font color.

In the long history of typography, bolding or italicizing text has always meant in the current font familly and in the current font color. (English major, you know.)

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Research direction

The issue names no file, test, or entry point. Start by tracing how RDoc applies bold and italic formatting alongside font colors; done means those styles preserve the current font color rather than forcing red.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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