# Reports normal / italic and bold within a paragraph **URL:** \ **Category:** Development\ **Created:** [March 13, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/reports-normal-italic-and-bold-within-a-paragraph/5106 "2024-03-13T13:55:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eugene](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/eugene/32/1911_2.png) [@eugene](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/eugene)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/reports-normal-italic-and-bold-within-a-paragraph/5106/1 "2024-03-13T13:55:33Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/a/a91652852c8b319dff74537baaed0cb0930f087e.png) Hello all, I’m trying to adapt the detailed descendants report to my needs. Within the children’s list I would like to have part of the text Italic (the witnesses at a baptism), part bold. (the name of the partners). Is this possible? Thank you very much, Eugene ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/reports-normal-italic-and-bold-within-a-paragraph/5106/2 "2024-03-13T15:30:40Z")
There are several (3) Detailed Descendant reports in the Text Reports menu. Which one are you using? - [Detailed Descendant Book](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:Descendant_and_Detailed_Descendant_Book_Reports) - [Detailed Descendant Report](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Detailed_Descendant_Report) - [Detailed Descendant Report With All Images](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:Detailed_Descendant_Report_With_All_Images) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/6/6cc2e2495a4dd29923160c192f87ce0a71d14408.png) The general answer is: “yes, just about anything is ‘possible’. But it would require a bit of hacking to do that extra text styling.” ---
**Author:** ![eugene](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/eugene/32/1911_2.png) [@eugene](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/eugene)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/reports-normal-italic-and-bold-within-a-paragraph/5106/3 "2024-03-13T17:31:08Z")
It’s the standard detailed descendant report. Maybe a better question is: Is there a standard way in Gramps to do this? Is there an example somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/reports-normal-italic-and-bold-within-a-paragraph/5106/4 "2024-03-13T17:57:07Z")
> [@eugene](#): > > Is there a standard way in Gramps to do this? No. There is no method inside the interface. This requires hacking the source code for the report. > [@eugene](#): > > Is there an example somewhere? No. But there are [references for writing a report](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Report-writing_tutorial#Document_interface). And you are essential suggesting a re-write of the report. This is a built-in report. Which makes is a bit less accessible for hacking. On my Fedora Linux, the file is at `/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gramps/plugins/textreport/``detdescendantreport.py` On GitHub, it is at : [`https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps/blob/master/gramps/plugins/textreport/``detdescendantreport.py`](https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps/blob/master/gramps/plugins/textreport/detdescendantreport.py) The next step is to find where the data is printed in the report. Then to try insert the text styling for the witnesses and spouse. ---
**Author:** ![Nick-Hall](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/nick-hall/32/95_2.png) [@Nick-Hall](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Nick-Hall)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/reports-normal-italic-and-bold-within-a-paragraph/5106/5 "2024-03-13T18:19:45Z")
> [@eugene](#): > > Is there a standard way in Gramps to do this? > Is there an example somewhere? Have a look in the [TextDoc](https://gramps-project.org/docs/gen/gen_plug.html#gramps.gen.plug.docgen.textdoc.TextDoc) documentation. There are methods like `start_bold` and `start_underline` that you can use. I can’t see an equivalent for italics though. You can also define you own [ParagraphStyle](https://gramps-project.org/docs/gen/gen_plug.html#gramps.gen.plug.docgen.paragraphstyle.ParagraphStyle) containing a [FontStyle](https://gramps-project.org/docs/gen/gen_plug.html#gramps.gen.plug.docgen.fontstyle.FontStyle). If you want to make these styles user definable options then things can a bit more complex. The best examples can be found in the code. ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/reports-normal-italic-and-bold-within-a-paragraph/5106/6 "2024-03-13T18:23:04Z")
I [posted an example about modifying this particular report](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/commonly-seen-genealogical-reports-that-are-not-supported/3367?) to make the defaults more like the the standard for the “_National Genealogical Society Quarterly_” The modification was about including their ancestry “breadcrumb” notation. (Never got that functional.) > [@Commonly seen Genealogical Reports that are not supported](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/commonly-seen-genealogical-reports-that-are-not-supported/3367/5): > > **David⁴ Jᴏɴᴇs.** (Charlie³ Jᴏɴᴇs, Alice², Bob¹ Sᴍɪᴛʜ) But it included some styling: boldface, superscript and small caps. ---
**Author:** ![eugene](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/eugene/32/1911_2.png) [@eugene](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/eugene)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/reports-normal-italic-and-bold-within-a-paragraph/5106/7 "2024-03-13T20:16:00Z")
Thank you very much Nick! It was this documentattion that I needed. Strange there is no “start\_italic” though. In printing the spouses names “bold”, I have the problem that the narrator returns complete sentences. I will have to see how I can make only the names bold.