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Originally Posted by user_none
This is how many browsers render the tags but <i> had different meaning than <em> and <b> has different meaning than <em>. See descriptions for b, strong, i, and em to see that each of these has a distinct meaning.
<em> for example does not guarantee italic text it only says that the test should be emphasized. The meaning of emphasized is up to the renderer. Now quoting the description for <em>:
So, again, using <em> does not guarantee that the text will be italic. Hence the use of the <i> which specifically denotes the text should be italic. |
John, thank you! Exactly the point I was trying to make. There is a difference between style and structure.