Posted by Justin on 11/16/00 11:36

Michelle Steiner wrote on [Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:13:56 -0700]:
> In article <slrndrnms0.96a.nospam@debian.dns2go.com>,
> Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> wrote:
>
>> >> > Slashes, on all the newsreaders I've tried so far.
>> >>
>> >> That's right. Bold is usually done *like this*, underline
>> >> _like_this_, and italics /like this/.
>> >
>> > Underline means italics.
>>
>> No, underline means underline.
>
> And if you knew about typography, you would know that underline means
> italics.

This isn't typography, this is Usenet.

> Please explain when underlining is appropriate and when italicizing is
> appropriate.

Italics are used for titles underlines are used for emphasis.

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