5.6 Underlining is not used for any items making up text or headings
New standards released
The New Zealand Web Standards 2.0 were released in March 2009 and replace the previous version, the New Zealand Government Web Standards 1.0 (below). See Meeting the standards for more information.
The Standard
5.6 Do not use underlining for text or headings that are not used as links.
Rationale for this standard
Underlining is most commonly recognised as a link. To utilise underlining for purposes other than a link, renders it easily confused with a link.
