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Re: <strong> vs <em>

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From: Paul R. Bohman
Date: Feb 13, 2007 7:20AM

On 2/13/07, Tim Beadle < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> I don't just bluntly replace all instances of <i> with <em>, as
> emphasis isn't always what italicisation is trying to achieve.



I may be stating the obvious, but in the cases where you need italics but
not emphasis, that would be an appropriate instance to use styles instead of
<em>, something like this:

<span class="italic">This is italicized</span>

With the style being something like this:

.italic {
font-style:italic;
}

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Paul R. Bohman
Faculty, College of Education & Human Development
Lead Architect of Web Services, Office of Technology Support
Technology Coordinator, Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities
George Mason University