<refentry id="emphasis.element">
<?dbhtml filename="emphasis.html"?>
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date$</pubdate>
<releaseinfo>$Revision$</releaseinfo>
</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>
<indexterm><primary>elements</primary>
<secondary>emphasis</secondary></indexterm>
<refentrytitle>emphasis</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>Element</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>emphasis</refname>
<refpurpose>&emphasis.purpose;</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

&emphasis.synopsis.gen;
<refsect1 condition='ref.description'><title>Description</title>

<para>
<sgmltag>Emphasis</sgmltag> provides a method for indicating that certain text
should be stressed in some way.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.inline;
Emphasized text is traditionally presented in italics or boldface.
A <sgmltag class="attribute">Role</sgmltag> attribute of 
<literal>bold</literal> or
<literal>strong</literal> is often used to generate boldface, if italics is the default presentation.
</para>
<para>
<sgmltag>Emphasis</sgmltag> is often used wherever its typographic
presentation is desired, even when other markup might theoretically 
be more appropriate.
</para>
</refsect2>

<refsect2 role='fu' revision="4.0"><title>&FutureChanges;</title>
<para>
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&fu.interfacedefinition;
</para>
</refsect2>


&emphasis.parents.gen;
&emphasis.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.seealso'><title>See Also</title>
&emphasis.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

<informalexample role="example-source">
<programlisting>&emphasis.example.1.txt;</programlisting>
</informalexample>

<anchor id="ex.os.emphasis.1" role="HACK-ex.out.start"/>
&emphasis.example.1.gen;
<anchor id="ex.oe.emphasis.1" role="HACK-ex.out.end"/>

&emphasis.example.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
</refentry>

