On Feb 16, 2014, at 4:49 PM, Andrew Cunningham <[email protected]> wrote:
> The problem with <b> and <i> is that HTML5 gives them semantic meaning but > they also have inherent styling. > > Of I use these elements in a multilingual envirnonment, then for some > languages I would need to change weight or style to normal, then use > styling appropriate to the language. > > Andrew So would it be safe to say you could normalize your b and i's and then class them? <b class="bold"></b> and <i class="italic"></i> Then when you hit an old browser the b and i will be presentational in their originally intended way as a fall back? Bootstrap does something similar to this I believe with their ui icons. Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
