It seems that emphasis is also not respected in Athens. If I try the following, it works in BitBlt, but both are rendered as plain inside Athens.

| font boldFont |

font := StrikeFont familyName: 'Arial' pointSize: 18.

boldFont := StrikeFont familyName: 'Arial' pointSize: 18 emphasized: TextEmphasis bold emphasisCode.

TextMorph new

contents: (Text initialFont: font stringOrText: 'test'), (Text initialFont: boldFont stringOrText: 'this');

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