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What italic means

Finally an image that dispells all myths about the <i> element. As you can see it’s all about presentation. Disappear you foul demon!

(You have more HTML humor? Show me in the comments)

Emil Stenström
5 Jul, 2007, HTML

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eugene 5 Jul
01
<cat>eye</cat>
Anders M.J. 6 Jul
02
<this blog=”good”>

:-)
Lisa Risager 8 Jul
03
http://flickr.com/photos/risager/353148887/
Emil Stenström 8 Jul
04
@eugene, Anders M.J.: That’s XML, not HTML! ;)

@Lisa: Heh, that’s kinda strange, but I think I like it…
Pär Axelsson 9 Jul
05
http://www.finstilt.se/2007/01/09/html-humor/
Jesper Rønn-Jensen 9 Jul
06
Hey that’s a great one Emil. Put in the Flickr pool: http://flickr.com/groups/htmljokes/pool/

Also check out article on Justaddwater.dk: More Visual HTML Jokes.
Emil Stenström 11 Jul
07
Great link Jesper, thanks :)
Birgit 16 Jul
08
Ha ha, good one! :)

< th > http://flickr.com/photos/guatemalaholla/213257406/
< / th >
Steve 20 Jul
09
haha very funny ;)
Seb 17 Aug
10
lol. :)
J 7 Nov
11
That’s not italic, it’s oblique.

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