title: How to get bold and italic text in asciidoc mathjax equation?
body: <p>None of the following approaches produces output that is both <strong><em>bold and italic</em></strong>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>:stem: latexmath
  
  [latexmath]
  ++++        
  
  \it{\bf{foo}}
  \textit{\textbf{foo}}
  \mathit{\mathbf{foo}} 
  
  ++++
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>=> How can I achieve <strong><em>foo</em></strong>?</p>
  
  <p>I use Chrome 67.0.3396.99 with the Asciidoctor.js Preview Plugin to render my the asciidoc file.</p>
  
  <p>Related:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/41681/correct-way-to-bold-italicize-text">https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/41681/correct-way-to-bold-italicize-text</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/735" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/735</a></li>
  </ul>