As part of their "best Ajax" article:

  http://www.ddj.com/dept/architect/192203368?pgno=7

  Welcome to the 1980s. Want to make text bold? You'll
  have to put the characters * and * around it. For big
  text, first type in h1. All that's missing is a DOS
  prompt and a floppy disk. No thanks -- been there,
  done that.

Later,
--
Bil Kleb
http://fun3d.larc.nasa.gov