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Re:Why Japanese Web Design Is So Different by mchaver on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @11:21AM (#6718649)
Katakana can be used for emphasis much like italics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana#Usage
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Re:Why Japanese Web Design Is So Different by mistercow on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @11:39AM (#6718775)
That's true, but it would feel very weird to use katakana as a way of denoting hierarchy.

You can bold, color, and shadow Japanese text just fine though, so I don't really see the author's point.

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Re:Why Japanese Web Design Is So Different by mchaver on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @12:01PM (#6718960)
The bigger issue I think is limited font choices.
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Re:Why Japanese Web Design Is So Different by dead_phish on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @08:30PM (#6722751)
Look at Western design/font choices - Helvetica. Helvetica everywhere.
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