HTML comment
January 30, 2006 – 12:24 pmthe tag “em” is supposed to be replacing “i” for reasons I don’t quite understand. When I cite a book, I will want it to always appear as “I”tallics not as “EM”phasis.
I know that people can make a style sheet with something else for “i” just as easy as “em” but I would rather they be different tags with “i” always being italics…
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3 Responses to “HTML comment”
is this just because people don’t know what “italics” are?
By David on Jan 30, 2006
“em” is replacing “i” because you’re not supposed to be dictating layout in html, you’re just marking up content. If you want to emphasise something, use “em”. If you want to cite something, use “cite”. If you want to ensure that “cite” is always italics, put that in your css definitions. If your css definitions get overwritten by (for example) a user who has no italic fonts, or who has poor eyesight, then don’t worry about it, because, really, who cares what a cite looks like?
By Kurin on Feb 17, 2006
huh… never heard of the “cite” tag
By dwight on Feb 17, 2006