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I thought was semantic ("emphasis") and is stylistic ("italics")? And last I heard (when came out) you weren't supposed to use anymore because

by andai 3y ago

I thought was semantic ("emphasis") and is stylistic ("italics")? And last I heard (when came out) you weren't supposed to use anymore because it's bad form to use HTML for styling! Much like <center>.

Timwi 3y ago
Yes, that was the mantra some 15–20 years ago. Then HTML 5 came out, in which <center> was indeed obsoleted, but // weren't and instead got a semantic meaning. (A semantic meaning which, admittedly, is subtle, borderline esoteric, so it's very rarely used as intended.)
- psychoslave 3y ago
 Made me read https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-b-and-i-tags https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-b-and-i-tags I think that at this point I can keep my usual habit of avoiding them completely.

I thought <em> was semantic ("emphasis") and <i> is stylistic ("italics")? And last I heard (when <em> came out) you weren't supposed to use <i> anymore because

I thought <em> was semantic ("emphasis") and <i> is stylistic ("italics")? And last I heard (when <em> came out) you weren't supposed to use <i> anymore because