Michael Stevens wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org > [mailto:css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org] > > <b> is presentational. It says, "Make this bold." > > <em> and <strong> aren't presentational. They say "emphasize"/"strongly > emphasize" this. They don't say HOW to emphasize/strongly emphasize it. > They're just saying that this text is more important than surrounding text, > so emphasize it. > > --- > > And how is that text emphasized? In most cases by changing the way it is > presented to the reader. I know EM and STRONG don't require that it's > presentation be changed which is probably where everyone thinks that the > tags are then rendered non-presentational.
Yes, Michael, those are the browser designer decisions that I mentioned in my original email. > I use use EM when I want italic and STRONG when I want bold, sometimes I'll > change the font color as well, therefore I consider them presentational > tags. You can use them that way, too. -- David gn...@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
