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Re: strong vs. bold questions | Cite and Quotations also?

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From: Holly Marie
Date: Mar 10, 2002 4:53PM


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From: "Holly Marie" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >

> >
>
> This has always been a puzzle to me, because I felt both were very
> similar in meaning and also both were visually emphasized. I thought
if
> one wants to emphasize the text in any format that bolding it either
way
> would be acceptable.

Well that was confusing, what I meant to say, was
Bold vs strong seemed similar in nature
and
Itallics vs Emphasis seemed similar in nature.



In regards to Strong vs Bold.....then
>
> When delivered in a lynx reader do both get bolded, equally? Print
> versions?
> A case I have seen where one may bold inside a style on an element tag
> for presentation, and if styles are off this will not get displayed,
> might be missing that point that it will not be bolded in text only
and
> or other media delivery?
>
> There is an interesting piece regarding bold vs emphasis from NCSA,
> here:
> Character Formatting: Logical Versus Physical Styles
> http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerP2.html
>
> EM and Strong are considered Logical styles, where....
> B and I are considered Physical or presentational? styles...


sorry for the confusion.

holly



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