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I had thought that <b> and <i> describe how something should look, whereas <strong> and <em> describe the meaning of something. <b> means "this text should be t
by karaterobot 3y ago
I had thought that <b> and <i> describe how something should look, whereas <strong> and <em> describe the meaning of something. <b> means "this text should be thicker and darker than it normally would be", <strong> indicates "this text has gravitas... interpret that however you want". In other words, visual vs. semantic.
- vlz 3y agoI have heard similar but the consequences always seemed weird to me. Following this if something is important and also should look visually different, I should use both <strong> and <b>. However If something is important and I don't want it to show, I should use <strong> alone and <b> alone only for the case where something should look important but that has actually no meaning as the meaning conferring tag would be <strong>.
- Kerrick 3y agoThe quintessential semantic use of <b> is for typographically offsetting key words in a longer text, like how 5th Edition D&D adventures do when referencing a monster that has a stat block in the Monster Manual. It’s not strength of voice, but it has meaning that the text be emboldened.