How can we use bold/italics inside MathJax tables?

Question

In this Q&A, it is shown that we can use MathJax to create tables (see this answer in particular). However, as I attempt to use it, I find myself unable to add the text formatting I wish to use.

Here are my attempts:

$$ \begin{array}{c|l} \text{**I want this to be bold**}& \text{*I want this to be italics*} \\ \hline \text{***I want this to be bold italics***} & \text{_I want this to be italics too_} \\ \end{array} $$

As you can see, it doesn't quite obey the markdown formatting like I expect it to. MathJax must have it's own way of specifying it; either that, or it simply isn't possible.

Is it possible to have simple text formatting (i.e. bold, italics, etc) for the text (i.e. the "Some Text" within this \text{Some Text})?

Answer 1

By looking at this related meta from Math SE, I found these formatting options which I think may be what you want. You can use \textit and \textbf for italicised and bolded text. For mathematical symbols only, you can use \mathbf and \mathit.

$$
\begin{array}{c|l}
\textbf{I want this to be bold}& \textit{I want this to be italics} \\
\hline
\pmb{\textit{I want this to be bold italics}} & \textit{I want this to be italics too} \\
\end{array}
$$

This produces this result:

$$ \begin{array}{c|l} \textbf{I want this to be bold}& \textit{I want this to be italics} \\ \hline \pmb{\textit{I want this to be bold italics}} & \textit{I want this to be italics too} \\ \end{array} $$