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Bug 14026 - Wow, very complex element LOL. Am I to udnerstand that I can use this to mark up things like dingbat fonts, and cesored "words" like $%#! ?
Summary: Wow, very complex element LOL. Am I to udnerstand that I can use this to mark...
Status: RESOLVED NEEDSINFO
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2011-09-04 12:19 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2011-09-08 09:15 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description contributor 2011-09-04 12:19:43 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/text-level-semantics.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#the-u-element
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#the-u-element

Comment:
Wow, very complex element LOL. Am I to udnerstand that I can use this to mark
up things like dingbat fonts, and cesored "words" like $%#! ?

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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-09-04 20:39:23 UTC 
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Status: Did Not Understand Request
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: I don't understand. Could you elaborate?
Comment 2 Evert 2011-09-08 09:15:31 UTC 
Ok, I'll try.
As I read the spec it seems to indicate that U is to be used for characters (textual or iconic) that sound different than they look (not sure how to put it differently).
Like a misspelled word is visually different from its actual representation (or sound). But also because it says in the spec "non-textual" which seems to indicate (to me) things like:
- I <heart> NY  (I dont't know how to insert an actual heart-icon, but you get the idea?)
- B4  (before)
- f*** off!

Things like that? If so, examples like these would greatly clarify this element.