codlDec 17, 2022
just saw two different sources refer to <b> as "the Bring Attention To element" and i am losing it
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in a better world we could have had a <bat> tag
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i cannot find a single version of the html spec that calls it "the bring attention to element"
Show threadcodlDec 17, 2022
4.1 just calls it "B" and puts it in the font styling tag category
5 and onwards call it "b" and put it in the general text shit category
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@codl idk maybe mdn came up with it themselves..?
Dec 17, 2022 at 7:06pmWeb
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@niss it's starting to look likely
Show threadRoy WigginsDec 17, 2022
@codl @niss mdn also insists that <i> stands for "Idiomatic Text"