On Monday, Sep 15, 2003, at 13:02 US/Pacific, John Wilker wrote: > I don't know about you but That seems like an aweful lot of work just > to > emphasize a word, not to mention wasting a line.
Mosh's example is a little over the top. *bold* and _italic_ are actually the 'standard' forms of emphasis in Usenet, dating back more than a decade (now, that makes me feel old!). I've encountered several email clients that use this sort of annotation to embolden and italicize text - in fact, open up MS Word and you'll see it converts *bold* and _italic_ automatically for you! Jochem's point is that <em> and <strong> are better ways to add emphasis in HTML (rather than <b> and <i>). Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com