<em> or <i>, the issue with IE 6 was about font-style italic and still occur(s/ed) even if you declare it purely through CSS and custom tags. My work around was to add an additional css rule that made anything presented with the italic font-style just less than 100% of it's normal width. Worked well enough.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gmail Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 10:52 AM To: Tom Livingston Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [css-d] Use of the <i> tag On Apr 28, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Tom Livingston <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe the <i> tag is fine to use. Never heard of any issues. It's been around for ever... > > Sent from iOS 5 > > On Apr 28, 2012, at 12:44 PM, "Brian M. Curran" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> Does anyone avoid the <i> tag because of browser compatibility >> issues, or is it a non-issue? I think some of the old browsers have >> problems with it, correct? >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> Brian >> >> _____________________________ I prefer the <em> tag over the <i>, never have issues with either. Eric ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] 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/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] 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/
