blog.mignault.net » markup http://john.mignault.net/blog Drawing diabetic comics-reading pen-fetishizing cycling leftist geek librarian. God, how bourgeois. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:15:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Not-so-simple quiz http://john.mignault.net/blog/2008/02/11/not-so-simple-quiz/ http://john.mignault.net/blog/2008/02/11/not-so-simple-quiz/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:29:13 +0000 John http://john.mignault.net/blog/2008/02/11/not-so-simple-quiz/ SimpleBits ~ SimpleQuiz › Part VIII › Titles:

“Q: When marking up a book title or publication, which of the following is the best choice?

<br /> A. <p>My upcoming book, <em>SimpleQuiz: Get Down With Markup</em>, will be a bestseller.</p> <p>B. <p>My upcoming book, <i>SimpleQuiz: Get Down With Markup</i>, will be a bestseller.</p> <p>C. <p>My upcoming book, <cite>SimpleQuiz: Get Down With Markup</cite>, will be a bestseller.</p> <p>

Interesting issues, discussed in the comments to the post. Some are saying C, since it’s a title. That seems wrong to me. Some are saying B, since it’d be typeset that way, which also seems wrong (presentation vs semantic.) Choosing A wouldn’t seem to be any different from B, except that <em> is supposed to mean emphasis; it’s only a synonym for <i> because most browsers have chosen to render it that way. Very interesting discussion in any case; well worth reading the whole thing.

(Via mph.)

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