<i> is not the "Italics tag": In earlier versions of the HTML specification, the <i> tag was merely a presentational element used to display text in italics, m

<i> is not the "Italics tag": In earlier versions of the HTML specification, the <i> tag was merely a presentational element used to display text in italics, much like the <b> tag was used to display text in bold letters. This is no longer true, as these tags now define semantics rather than typographic appearance. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/i https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/i