<strong> and <em> (was: Re: [thelist] customizing homesite)

[Erika Meyer]

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