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bobcdy · 08-11-2011, 07:47 PM

JSWolf - thanks! I'll remember to use in the future.

It seems to me though that the tag, which I suppose stands for 'emphasis', is a poor choice of tags for 'italics'. Italics are not always used for emphasis, especially in older books, and other styles are also used for emphasis, such as all capitals, bold-face, or even smallcaps. In the book I'm working on italics are used for Latin and other foreign language texts, and for English poems, in addition to what I suppose is emphasis from context of the italics. I guess I don't understand precisely a well used tag such as should be 'depreciated'; if isn't acceptable, why not use <it> rather than ? After all the font-style is still 'italics'.

Bob

08-11-2011, 07:47 PM	#3
bobcdy Fanatic Posts: 527 Karma: 1048576 Join Date: May 2009 Device: bebook; prs-950; nook simple touch; HTC Jetstream tablet	JSWolf - thanks! I'll remember to use <em> in the future. It seems to me though that the <em> tag, which I suppose stands for 'emphasis', is a poor choice of tags for 'italics'. Italics are not always used for emphasis, especially in older books, and other styles are also used for emphasis, such as all capitals, bold-face, or even smallcaps. In the book I'm working on italics are used for Latin and other foreign language texts, and for English poems, in addition to what I suppose is emphasis from context of the italics. I guess I don't understand precisely a well used tag such as <i> should be 'depreciated'; if <i> isn't acceptable, why not use <it> rather than <em>? After all the font-style is still 'italics'. Bob Last edited by bobcdy; 08-11-2011 at 07:51 PM.