I was actually using 3 forms of emphasis on that one word: 1) ALL-CAPS 2) *Asterisks* 3) Underline ^^^^^^^^^
Others have pointed out using _underscores_ as a fourth means of emphasis. -- Mosh Teitelbaum evoch, LLC Tel: (301) 942-5378 Fax: (301) 933-3651 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: John Wilker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 4:02 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: (Admin) List upgrades > > > 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. > > Jochem, I didn't get the point you were making. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mosh Teitelbaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 12:18 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: (Admin) List upgrades > > > Plain text certainly does *NOT* have to be like speaking in a monotone. > ^^^^^ > There have been standard conventions for emphasizing text in email/usenet > for ages. > > -- > Mosh Teitelbaum > evoch, LLC > Tel: (301) 942-5378 > Fax: (301) 933-3651 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:14 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: (Admin) List upgrades > > > > > > John Wilker wrote: > > > > > > Plain text is like speaking in a monotone. There is no emphasis > > on concepts, > > > ideas, etc.. I can't stand trying to get something across when > > I don't even > > > have Bold to work with :) > > > > Considering there is a better tag for EMphasis as Bold, I think you > > have just explained why HTML is a bad thing with the current state of > > email clients. > > > > Jochem > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
