Shiloh Madsen wrote:
>
> I know that we should no longer be using the bold and underline html
> tags and the like, however I am not entirely certain how to handle
> performing this function on a page in the most elegant way.
As I understand it...
Tags like <b>bold</b> and <i>italic</i> have been deprecated I think
because they imply how the text should *look* which is no longer
considered the province of HTML.
I think it is generally considered more semantically correct to use the
tags <strong>strong</strong> or <em>emphasised</em>, as these don't
control how the element looks, but gives some indication of its importance.
So if for instance you wanted your emphasised text to be underlined,
simply add the rule...
em {
font-style : normal; /* because I think nearly all browsers have a
default stylesheet that includes an italic default for <em> and a bold
default for <strong> */
font-decoration : underline;
}
<span class="underline">Underlined text</span> with... span.underline
{ text-decoration : underline } ...may be more useful, especially if you
want to combine selectors, but I don't think this is such an elegant
solution as the judicious use of <bold> and <em>
Regards,
D#
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