While using external editors to get the section symbol (§) in a command block in order to format some text, I ran into an odd thing. To bold text with the symbol, normally one would do §l. This has bolded the text in all versions up to 1.8.8.
Now in 1.8.8, instead of bold text, the letters just get spaced further apart. The italics code and underline still work, just bold is broken
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#1 - no formatting other than color
#2 - color + bold
Since the symbol CAN still be inserted into command blocks, the functionality should still be in the game. If you truly wish to resolve this issue, I highly suggest making it work again, or removing the ability and functionality of the symbol
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I delcare this issue not resolved. Since the symbol CAN still be inserted into command blocks, the functionality should still be in the game. If you truly wish to resolve this issue, I highly suggest making it work again, or removing the ability and functionality of the symbol
Resolved doesn't necessarily mean that a change has been made – it means that a decision has. In this case, this issue has been deemed "invalid". While section symbol (§) formatting may work in some cases, and has not been completely replaced with json formatting, it is no longer supported, and thus what affect it has on text, or whether it has any affect at all, is not guaranteed. Any symbol can be added to a command block using external editors, and there's no way to stop that, though they could strip it out while loading the data from the file. However, it's entirely Mojang's decision whether to do that or not.
The use of text formating by § is deprecated, not supported and for good reason you cannot enter § in the command block.