[thelist] Bold vs. Strong
rudy
rudy937 at rogers.com
Wed Aug 20 07:55:03 CDT 2003
> If you embolden text for the sake of emboldening it, it strikes me as a
> visual formatting issue and not a semantic one.
exactly
> Thus, perhaps one should use <span style='font-weight:bold'></span>
> (or something) instead of <b></b>?
we've already covered this
B is much better than SPAN in this example
B is intended specifically for the stated purpose of emboldening text
> The other way to look at it would be - why would you wish to
> embolden text for no reason?
well, i specifically said it was for a visual reason
a visual reason <em>is</em> a reason
;o)
rudy
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