Should I use the span tag or the i tag for an icon?
css, html, icons, tags
Solution
`<i>` isn’t the icon tag, it’s the italic tag, and it doesn’t make much difference which you pick. `<span>` is more semantically correct, because it has no semantics.
Problem
I'm just curious about which one is better to use in order to add a custom icon next to my links. ``` <ul> <li><a href=""><i class="home"></i> Home</a></li> <li><a href=""><i class="downloads"></i> Downloads</a></li> </ul> ``` or ``` <ul> <li><a href=""><span class="home"></span> Home</a></li> <li><a href=""><span class="downloads"></span> Downloads</a></li> </ul> ``` Thanks.