We used to say, “Close your Italians” rather than italics. I used that a few years ago and had to explain it. That kinda stuned my beeber.
Yeah, the new signups don’t know what we’re talking about when we mention that stuff.
I recall the now obsolete “marquee” tag.
Bolded blinking italicised scrolling six point text, ugh.
That was funny stuff back then, when if a poster didn’t close their tags, they carried through to the next person’s post.