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> https://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_toc.html#SEC5.7 https://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_toc.html#SEC5.... > Phrases may be marked up acc

> https://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_toc.html#SEC5.7 https://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_toc.html#SEC5.... > Phrases may be marked up according to idiomatic usage, typographic appearance, or for use as hyperlink anchors. So the original standard considered both approaches valid, later standards decided that typographic usage was invalid.

red_trumpet 3y ago
No, there is a clear distinction between typographic and idiomatic markup. The i and b elements are considered typographic elements, not idiomatic ones (as em). So newer standards actually made them idiomatic.