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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans
chaot is in the right here. HTML5 has gone back from saying <i> and <b> is "purely presentational" to giving them semantic meanings.
The article below goes into more detail with some examples:
http://html5doctor.com/i-b-em-strong-element/
You may also want to read W3C's page, "Using <b> and <i> elements":
https://www.w3.org/International/que...a-b-and-i-tags
While <i>+<em> and <b>+<strong> typically default to the same look (italics and bold), that doesn't mean they always do (think screen readers).
Also, there could potentially be differences in Text-to-Speech engines. <em> might be spoken with more emphasis on the words, while <i> could be spoken normally. |
Very useful links into what is going on with HTML5 and by extension ePub 3. Particularly with regard to languages and other thematic uses.