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The line between hero and idiot, drawn after we see how it ends.
means Showing courage, confidence, or daring — willing to take risks or speak plainly without fear.
from From Old English 'beald,' meaning brave or confident, with roots in a Proto-Germanic word 'balthaz' (a cousin of the Old High German 'bald'). The same family gave us the name Baldwin — literally 'bold friend.' The sense of 'thick or strong-looking type' came much later, when printers borrowed the word to describe letters that stand out and refuse to be ignored.
- font weight
- Bold text is just letters wearing extra ink
- origin
- From Old English beald, meaning brave or confident
- fortune favors
- Roman poet Virgil coined the audacity-rewarding proverb
- typography
- Bold standard weight is exactly 700 on the scale
- psychology
- Boldness reads as competence even when it isn't
for instance
bold font — typeface weight increase, first standardized in digital fonts during 1970s-1980s
bold taste — strong flavor descriptor, commonly used for coffee, spices, and aged cheeses