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Is it possible to set org-mode to show the headlines inside emacs without bold font?

My emacs:

* Headline 1 <-- This is bolded

a paragraph <-- This is not bolded

** Headline 2 <-- This is also bolded

I would like to have:

* Headline 1 <-- Not bolded

a paragraph <-- Not bolded

** Headline 2 <-- Not bolded

Note: I have found a set-up that eliminates all fontification from the headlines:

(setq org-level-color-stars-only t)

but I would like to keep colors and just eliminate boldness from the headlines at all levels.

Hopefully my question is understandable.

Thx!

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  • When I open the recently released public version of Emacs 27 -- without any user-configuration (aka emacs -Q) -- and I go to the *scratch* buffer and type M-x org-mode and then on an empty line I type * TODO [#A] testing one two three, the only bold that I see is the word TODO. If you do that same test -- without any user-configuration, aka emacs -Q, do you get the same result as me? Perhaps you are using a theme that you installed which adds a bold spec to the org-level-1 et seq. faces?
    – lawlist
    Commented Aug 29, 2020 at 1:42
  • Using the same test in the comment above, I place my cursor anywhere on the words testing one two three and type C-u C-x = and then look in the *Help* buffer that opens up, I see the face at issue is org-level-1 face. If I place my cursor on the words org-level-1 in the *Help* buffer and press the enter key, I see that the face is inherited from the outline-1 face. If I place my cursor on the words outline-1 in the *Help* buffer and press the enter key, I see that the face is inherited from the font-lock-function-name-face face. Repeat process, foreground is Blue1.
    – lawlist
    Commented Aug 29, 2020 at 1:52

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@lawlist nailed it. It is a configuration of the theme. I am currently using solarized.

I kinda of fixed my issue setting

(setq solarized-use-variable-pitch nil)

as it is suggested on the README. But I would like to point out that in my case, it removed all boldness rendering from the org file. For me it is enough, hence the answer.

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if you following the definition as @lawlist mentioned

you can see that it ultimately led to

emacs/29.1/lisp/outline.el

(defface outline-1
  '((t :inherit font-lock-function-name-face))
  "Level 1.")

the following will customize the font weight to normal instead of bold

(custom-set-faces
 '(outline-1 ((t (:extend t :weight normal))))
 '(outline-2 ((t (:extend t :weight normal))))
 '(outline-3 ((t (:extend t :weight normal))))
 '(outline-4 ((t (:extend t :weight normal))))
 '(outline-5 ((t (:extend t :weight normal))))
 '(outline-6 ((t (:extend t :weight normal))))
 '(outline-7 ((t (:extend t :weight normal))))
 '(outline-8 ((t (:extend t :weight normal)))))
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  • This will affect all outlines, not only org headlines.
    – Levinas
    Commented Dec 7, 2023 at 2:25
  • correct, since org-mode inherits from outline mode
    – user178047
    Commented Dec 8, 2023 at 4:48
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You can customize org-level faces:

(custom-set-faces
 '(org-level-1 ((t (:inherit outline-1 :weight normal))))
 '(org-level-2 ((t (:inherit outline-2 :weight normal))))
 '(org-level-3 ((t (:inherit outline-3 :weight normal))))
 '(org-level-4 ((t (:inherit outline-4 :weight normal))))
 '(org-level-5 ((t (:inherit outline-5 :weight normal))))
 '(org-level-6 ((t (:inherit outline-6 :weight normal))))
 '(org-level-7 ((t (:inherit outline-7 :weight normal))))
 '(org-level-8 ((t (:inherit outline-8 :weight normal)))))
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