EM - emphasis
Purpose
To emphasize.
Typical rendering
In italics. If this is impossible, a browser might use e.g.
underlining (Lynx does so).
See general notes on rendering markup.
Basic syntax
<EM>text</EM>
Possible attributes
None.
Allowed context
Text container, i.e.
any element that may contain text elements.
This includes most HTML elements. In particular,
text elements can be nested.
Contents
Text elements.
Notice that this disallows e.g. paragraph breaks.
Examples
Example EM-1.html:
The EM element is <EM>logical</EM> markup as opposite to
<EM>physical</EM> markup such as the I element.
Notes
Avoid emphasizing too much; emphasizing everything is tantamount
to not emphasizing anything.
You can use STRONG for stronger emphasis.
See also
general remarks on phrase elements.
Date of last update:
2010-12-16.