diff --git a/src/textual_paint/paint.py b/src/textual_paint/paint.py
index 5318a11..0ab59b1 100755
--- a/src/textual_paint/paint.py
+++ b/src/textual_paint/paint.py
@@ -5273,7 +5273,9 @@ if args.ascii_only:
 # and add a shading under the page fold
 # HeaderIcon.icon = "[rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(255,255,255)]..,[/][rgb(255,255,255)]\\\\[/][rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(255,255,255)]\n[blue]\\\\[/][red]|[/][yellow]/[/][rgb(192,192,192)]~[/]\n[rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(230,230,230)]T[/][rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(192,192,192)]_[/][rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(150,150,150)]T[/] [/]"
 # unify the brush tops; the right-most one isn't a cell over like in the About Paint dialog's icon, to align with the slant of a comma
-HeaderIcon.icon = "[rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(255,255,255)]...[/][rgb(255,255,255)]\\\\[/][rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(255,255,255)]\n[blue]\\\\[/][red]|[/][yellow]/[/][rgb(192,192,192)]~[/]\n[rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(230,230,230)]T[/][rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(192,192,192)]_[/][rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(150,150,150)]T[/] [/]"
+# HeaderIcon.icon = "[rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(255,255,255)]...[/][rgb(255,255,255)]\\\\[/][rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(255,255,255)]\n[blue]\\\\[/][red]|[/][yellow]/[/][rgb(192,192,192)]~[/]\n[rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(230,230,230)]T[/][rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(192,192,192)]_[/][rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(150,150,150)]T[/] [/]"
+# bold the brush handles
+HeaderIcon.icon = "[rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(255,255,255)]...[/][rgb(255,255,255)]\\\\[/][rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(255,255,255)]\n[bold][blue]\\\\[/][red]|[/][yellow]/[/][/][rgb(192,192,192)]~[/]\n[rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(230,230,230)]T[/][rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(192,192,192)]_[/][rgb(0,0,0) on rgb(150,150,150)]T[/] [/]"
 # This got pretty out of hand. I should've done this in Textual Paint before letting it get this complex!
 # Prevent wrapping, for a CSS effect, cropping to hide the shading "~" of the page fold when the page fold isn't visible.
 HeaderIcon.icon = Text.from_markup(HeaderIcon.icon, overflow="crop")