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copied!<p>If you end up doing <code><span class="bold"></code> a lot you are not correctly using either <code>span</code>, nor <code>class</code> names. Class names should tell you what the tag <strong>is</strong>, not what it <strong>looks like</strong>.</p> <p>The correct replacement for <code><b></code> and <code><i></code> are <code><strong></code> and <code><em></code>, and they should be used to note that the specific text inside has a different <em>meaning</em> than the surrounding text.</p> <p><strong>Update</strong>: New specification for <code><b></code>, <code><i></code>,<code><strong></code>,<code><em></code> released under HTML 5</p> <p>In HTML5 <code><b></code> and <code><i></code> have specific meaning as do <code><strong></code> and <code><em></code>. Use them all as specified. </p> <p><a href="http://www.WHATWG.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-em-element" rel="nofollow noreferrer">4.6.2 The <strong><em>em</em></strong> element</a> :</p> <blockquote> <p>The em element represents stress emphasis of its contents.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.WHATWG.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-strong-element" rel="nofollow noreferrer">4.6.3 The <strong><em>strong</em></strong> element</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The strong element represents strong importance, seriousness, or urgency for its contents.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.WHATWG.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-i-element" rel="nofollow noreferrer">4.6.16 The <strong><em>i</em></strong> element</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The i element represents [...] otherwise offset from the normal prose [...], such as a taxonomic designation, a technical term, [...].</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.WHATWG.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-b-element" rel="nofollow noreferrer">4.6.17 The <strong><em>b</em></strong> element</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The b element represents a span of text to which attention is being drawn for utilitarian purposes [...], such as key words in a document abstract, product names in a review [...].</p> </blockquote>

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