Em

Emphasis End Tag: Required Support Key: 2 \| 3 \| 3.2 \| 4 \| IE1 \| *M2A3* \| N1 \| O2.1	What is it? Attributes Tag Example	Parent/Content Model Tips & Tricks Browser Peculiarities
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What is it?: This virtual character formatting element indicates text that should be emphasized. It is usually rendered as italic text. This is a basic HTML element that all browsers should support in some fashion.

Common Attributes
%Core%: 2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE3 | M | N4B2 | O
%Events%: 2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE4B1 | M | N | O
%Language%: 2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE4 | M | N | O

Example: <em>text</em>

Parent Model: %In-line Parent% | %Block Parent%
Content Model: %In-line Content%

Tips & Tricks

Many people use this interchangeably with the I (Italic) element. If the aim is to place emphasis on a passage of text, EM is the preferred element to use - If the aim is only to explicitly italicize, then use I.
Text based or some other types of browsers may not be able to render the I element, but the EM element implies that the contained text should be brought to prominence in some manner.

Browser Peculiarities

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