I do not follow that rule in email. I tend to underline the text that I want to emphasize and I assume that the reader can distinguish it from a hyperlink based on color and context. Sometime I will even make it bold and underlined when I really want to call attention. :)
on 12/30/07 9:22 AM, Roger S. Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Dano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/30/07 4:50 AM: > >> In my opinion it is almost always more pleasing to read HTML text, even when >> you are not using special formatting or trying to do something fancy. Plain >> text reminds me of those awful generic black and white food labels from the >> early 80's. > > > Then you ought to know that underlining in HTML should be reserved for > hyperlinks. > > Calling out a phrase for emphasis in HTML ought to be done in bold.
