Hello A., and all,
For that you can use style as:
@startuml
<style>
sequenceDiagram {
FontStyle bold
}
</style>
a -> b : msg from a to b
b -> b : msg from b to b
a <- b : msg from b to a
@enduml
But that changes also the font style of all elements even: participant, group, partition, alt, note, ...
Regards,
Th.