# Make \_sans font bold?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make--sans-font-bold/300964>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 1, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make--sans-font-bold/300964 "2009-12-01T14:17:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Captain\_Planet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Captain\_Planet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Captain_Planet)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/make--sans-font-bold/300964/1 "2009-12-01T14:17:50Z")

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Hi all.

In CS3, I could make \_sans font bold. For some reason, in CS4 I can’t and I’m not sure why?

I’d like to use \_sans so that the device my app runs on will use its native sans-serif font.

To reproduce:  
Create text box  
Change font to \_sans  
Try and make font bold

I’m creating a Flash Lite app, so just to ensure it wasn’t to do with that (or the device I’m creating it for) I created a normal Flash AS3.0 document and the bahaviour is exactly the same.

I’ve emailled Adobe but no response. I’ve posted this question in lots of other forums, but no solution! ☹

Thanks.