At 11:24 +0100 on 02/17/2014, Peter H. wrote about Re: [css-d] Will
the unsemantic HTML elements B and I be so:
It's also true that the browser by default draws an italic font for
'emphasis' and a bold font for 'strong' so the result is equally
presentational. Dunno why they couldn't have left it well alone,
stuck with 'i' and 'b' and not created another can of worms.
The use of <em> and <strong> in lieu of <i> and <b> is aimed NOT at
the visual presentation (ignoring screwing with the em->i and
strong->b mappings via CSS) but at AUDIO (ie: Screen Reader)
presentation. This way you can markup the text so the audio indicates
the markup to these who listen as opposed to view the text. Of
course, the text-to-speech mapping could in theory treat i the same
way as it treats em, but that is a separate issue.
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