<strong> and <em> (was: Re: [thelist] customizing homesite)
Erika Meyer
meyer at up.edu
Thu Mar 1 13:05:51 CST 2001
At 10:38 AM 3/1/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Do they do it for <.b> and <.i> tags also? Why did they turn things over
>to <.strong> and <.em>? Anyone know?
<b> and <i> describe the way text looks... visual presentation... while
visual presentation can convey meaning, the idea is that meaning is
separated from visual presentation.
So instead of speaking "with italics" one speaks "with emphasis."
Erika
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