4 Correct Use of Bold Letters according to EYD in Indonesian

The correct use of bold letters according to EYD is the topic of our discussion this time. Previous discussion about use of capital letters and use italics has been clearly described. To complete information Regarding the good and correct way of writing, the guidelines for using bold letters will also be explained in more detail in this discussion. Have a good study.

A letter, word, phrase, clause or sentence which is written in bold type, of course, has its own meaning. The use of bold print is intended to show parts that are important or want to be highlighted rather than other parts. Bold, italic, or capital letters have a function with their respective usage guidelines.

Definition of Bold Letters

According to the Big Dictionary Language In Indonesia, the word "thick" means greater distance. Bold letters can be interpreted as letters written with a larger distance than letters in general. Bold letters look bigger when compared to regular letters.

The term bold is used for bolded letters. In computer print, bolding is easier to do because there is a “Bold” icon. However, in manual or handwritten typing, bold letters are marked with a double underline on the word in question.

Use of Bold Letters according to EYD

In Indonesian, the writing procedure is also very important. The writing procedure is very important because the meaning will be different if using the wrong writing procedure. Therefore, the government, especially the ministry of education, prepares guidelines for writing in Indonesian. This writing system is intended to ensure uniformity in writing, which is of course about the use of bold letters.

Initially, the use of bold letters was regulated in accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of Education of the Republic of Indonesia No. 46 of 2009 concerning General Guidelines for Enhanced Indonesian Spelling. However, recently updated spelling guidelines have been developed. The guidelines are contained in the Regulation of the Minister of Education of the Republic of Indonesia No. 50 of 2015 concerning General Guidelines for Indonesian Spelling. Briefly but comprehensively, some guidelines for writing bold letters are:

1. Bold in Reports or Scientific Work

The use of bold letters in scientific reports or works is used to write the title of the book, chapter, chapter section, table of contents, list of tables, list of symbols/symbols, bibliography, index, and attachments.

Example:

• Title :

Implementation BCO Algorithm (Bee Colony Optimization) In Completion Traveling Salesman Problem

• Chapter :

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER II THEORY BASIC

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODS

CHAPTER IV DISCUSSION

CHAPTER V CLOSING

• Chapter Parts:

A. Algorithm

1. Basic Algorithm

2. Algorithm Presentation

B. graph

1. Graph Basics

2. connectedness (Connectivity)

3. Types of Graphs

4. Representation of Graphs in a Matrix

C. Traveling salesman problem

D. Optimization Algorithm

1. Swarm Intelligence (SI)

2. BCO Algorithm Basic Concepts

3. Description of BCO Algorithm

• List and attachments:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF PICTURE

APPENDIX LIST

SYMBOL LIST

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

ATTACHMENT

2. Bold Letters in Dictionary Print

The use of bold letters in the printed dictionary serves to write down entries and sub-lemmas. In addition, bold letters are intended to write number symbols that represent polysemy. Polysemy is a word that has more than one meaning.

Example:

(the following example is taken from the Big Indonesian Dictionary)

• Wearv cak1 wearing; air-…: junior high school students – white and blue uniform;2 spiked with …; given to…; with: one glass of iced tea – sugar;
• Wearv1 wearing: ~ kebaya dress; ~ pending gold; ~ suit rain; 2 use; use (in a broad sense): ~ Braille; 3 obey; heed: ~ rule of the game; 4 need; spend: the construction of that building ~ a huge expense; 5 ride; ride: ~ airplane; 6 employ: he ~ two helpers; 7 follow: the inhabitants of the area are still ~ old customs;
• Weeping n1 cry; about (the act of) crying: it broke his heart to hear ~ his son;2 something to cry about: what is the meaning of ~ child?;fruit ~ beruk, pb a beautiful girl who is a single child's dream

3. Bold Italicized Words

For words that have been italicized, bold letters can be used. Consider the following example:

• What is the meaning of the word et on the expression divide et empire is 'and'.
• Tribe word log on the word psycholog shows a science that is studied, in this case related to human psychological behavior.
• word adenium the scientific name of cambodia is adenium obseum show genus.

4. Bold letters are not used to emphasize certain letters or words

Affirmation or specialization of letters, parts of words, words, or groups of words do not use bold letters but italics.

Example:

No.	Wrong Use	Correct Use
1.	The government is promoting the program transmigration to several areas other than outside Java.	The government is promoting the program transmigration to several areas other than outside Java.
2.	Police shoot dead terrorist trying to escape from prison.	Police shoot dead terrorist trying to escape from prison.
3.	Writing suffix –right not separated from the root word.	Writing suffix –right not separated from word basic.
4.	The scientific name of rice is oryza sativa.	The scientific name of rice is oryza sativa.
5.	I found this sad news from letter news Daily Jogja.	I found this sad news from the newspaper Daily Jogja.

The use of bold and italics is often reversed. Words that should be written in bold are sometimes written in italics. Vice versa, words that should be written in italics are sometimes written in bold. Or sometimes it's not even written in bold or italics. Therefore, understanding the correct way of writing in Indonesian is very necessary.

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