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Instinctively I find underlining for emphasis distracting and much prefer bold or italic. From my research it seems underlining is a carryover from typewriters that were incapable of italicizing o...
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System
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2019-12-08T02:06:51Z (almost 5 years ago)
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GollyJer
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2019-12-08T02:06:51Z (almost 5 years ago)
Instinctively I find underlining for emphasis distracting and much prefer bold or italic. From my research it seems underlining is a carryover from typewriters that were incapable of italicizing or bolding. I'm currently in a situation creating written content with others who love underlining as a point of emphasis and see nothing wrong with it. They sometimes include italic and bold in the same paragraph. Should I try and break the teams underlining-for-emphasis habits or change my perspective on it's appropriateness?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2011-12-22T19:44:12Z (almost 13 years ago)
Original score: 8