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Stavros Sofroniadis
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Stavros Sofroniadis
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Posted by Stavros Sofroniadis
Stavros Sofroniadis
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About <strong> & font-weight and <em> & font-style

Dear Friends,

We use to apply bold text in our text using <strong> tag

<strong>Content</strong>

If we want to apply the same attribute with either internal css style or external css style can we use font-weight instead of <strong> tag?

<p class="one">Content</p>

.one{ font-weight:bold; }

It is not possible to use <strong> tag also inside external style file?

The same apply regarding, <em> tag and font-style? We use to display text in italic with <em> tag inside html file <em>content</em>

but we can apply the same result with font-style

<p class="text2">content</p>

.text2{ font-style:italic; }

Thank You

2 Answers

Emmanuel C
Emmanuel C
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Emmanuel C
Emmanuel C
10,636 Points

Hey Stavros,

Because "em" and "strong" are tags, its not as simple to change, lets say a "p" tag, to a "strong", in an external file, though it is possible. It would actually involve replacing the tag completely. font-weight: bold; and the strong tag are basically the same, the strong tag will actually give the text a font-weight of bold behind the scenes. There is a difference though.

The difference between them however is for web accessibility, like screen readers for blind people. While they can't see font as bold, when the screen reader reads a strong or em tag, it would say it in a unique way to let that person know that, that content has been emphasized. Using just font-weight: bold; or font-style: italic; wont produce the same results and is purely visual.

I hope that made sense and answered your question. If not feel free to leave a comment. Happy coding!

Greg Saunders
Greg Saunders
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Greg Saunders
Greg Saunders
5,263 Points

Can't top Emmanuel's response!