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<strong> and <em>

5th July 2002

Caveat Lector: <em>, <strong>, and markup assumptions. Dorothea Salo explains these semantic tags, why they exist and when they should be used, and throws in a bit of HTML history as well.

Posted 5th July 2002 at 5:42 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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