# Bolding an item of a list

How would I bold just this item? Thank you.

\item $\neg f\to (\neg b\lor\neg m)$

• Welcome to TeX SX! Which type of list is it? – Bernard Sep 12 '17 at 15:23
• @Bernard I don't think that matters: the math is not an argument to \item. – cgnieder Sep 12 '17 at 15:25
• Related: How can I get bold math symbols? – dexteritas Sep 12 '17 at 15:29
• @clemens: depends on whether it's the label of the contents which has to be boldened. It's not clear to me. – Bernard Sep 12 '17 at 15:36

If you want to bolden the contents of the item, the simplest is this:

\item \boldmath$\neg f\to (\neg b\lor\neg m)$\unboldmath


or, following egreg's suggestion:

\item {\boldmath$\neg f\to (\neg b\lor\neg m)$},

• This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! – Safder Aree Sep 12 '17 at 15:50
• \item {\boldmath$...$} is better, IMO. – egreg Sep 12 '17 at 16:23
• @egreg: What's the difference? I thought it was equivalent. – Bernard Sep 12 '17 at 16:36
• @Bernard Maybe not equivalent, if \boldmath was already in effect. It's conceptual, rather than specific for the case. Use grouping to limit a scope whenever possible. – egreg Sep 12 '17 at 16:46
• OK. Initially, I chose what I posted (\bold ... \unbold) because it's too easy to forget closing a brace, and it's tough to find where it's messing at times. (wonderful slip (and metalepsis): ‘messing’ for ‘missing’!) – Bernard Sep 12 '17 at 17:02