Visual Studio highlighting source code in bold

visual-studio-2005

Solution

In VS2010: Select menu `Tools - Options`, select `Environment / Fonts and Colors`, look for `Brace Matching (Rectangle)` in the Display items list. Uncheck the `Bold` checkbox and click on `Ok` to confirm.

Problem

While editing HTML/ASPX/ASCX etc in visual studio 2005; whenever I select an html tag, visual studio highlights the entire tag in black and bold; the black I'm not so fussed about but the bold changes the length of the line and really messes up the formatting. Is there a way to disable this? Thanks, Chris

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