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=== When not to use boldface === | === When not to use boldface === | ||
Avoid using boldface for emphasis in article text. Instead, use HTML's {{tag|em}} element (which usually renders as italic). Italic wikimarkup (<code><nowiki>''...''</nowiki></code>, or {{tag|i}}) is often also used for this purpose, but is not [[Wikipedia:Semantic HTML|semantically]] correct, and may be replaced (it is for non-emphasis italics, such as that used for book titles and foreign-language phrases, as detailed below). | |||
Avoid using boldface for emphasis in article text. Instead, use HTML's {{tag|em}} element (which usually renders as italic) | |||
It is technically possible to put non-Latin alphabets such as Greek or Cyrillic in boldface, but this should be avoided. | It is technically possible to put non-Latin alphabets such as Greek or Cyrillic in boldface, but this should be avoided. | ||
HTML's {{tag|strong}} emphasis (which usually renders as boldface) is generally not appropriate in article text, though it is common in project pages, template documentation, talk page discussions and other non-article contexts. | |||
==<span id="Italic face" ></span>Italic type== | ==<span id="Italic face" ></span>Italic type== | ||