Re: Bold vs Strong

On 07/08/18 20:28, chagnon@pubcom.com wrote:
> The concept of tags to indicate when text is italicized and bolded goes back
> to the mid- to late-1990s, if I recall correctly. 20 years ago.

It's in Tim Berners-Lee's 1993 HTML 1.2 specification, that I referenced 
up thread, so at least 25 years old.  I think it was in HTML 1.0, but I 
couldn't find that quickly.

(Incidentally, to me the HTML 5.2 definitions look like attempts to give 
semantic legitimacy to B and I after the fact.)

Received on Tuesday, 7 August 2018 20:27:35 UTC