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Steve Bennett wrote:
In particular, I don't think ''' is *ever* used to add emphasis. It's used to highlight key words, or occasionally to point out that a linked article has Lots Of Good Stuff, but due to those meanings, we tend to avoid using it for emphasis. Italics ('') are probably 50/50 emphasis or album titles....
The use of bold to indicate emphasis in typographic circles is strongly discouraged.
In terms of italics, they should be used for emphasis, though the <em> tags are more suited for the task. Although most major style guides (such as MLA) recommend the use of italics for book titles, it is technically improper to mark them with <i> since this precludes a simple CSS change to change the style from one format to another. Ideally, it would probably be <span class="book">.
Now, if any editor actually wants to type that all out...