Nested / Compounded roles: apply multiple roles to overlapping text

Question

In my custom.css file I have,

.bold {
    font-weight: bold;
}

.red {
    color:red;
}

And in my _.rst file,

.. role:: bold

.. role:: red

But if I try to nest/compound them, only the outermost role takes effect, e.g.

---

:bold:`:red:`This is only bold``

This is only bold

---

Is there a way to combine these effects without defining a new (combined) role?

Answer 1

you can use a custom css class directive:

.. cssclass:: boldred

  bold red text

and update the css to format the boldred class