When it comes to styling text, I usually opt for one of the following methods:
<span class="header">...</span>
<div class="header">...</div>
<p class="header">...</p>
<label class="header">...</label>
However, the question arises - does the choice of tag really make a difference when applying CSS styles to text blocks?
My usual practice is to use <div> for grouping content into blocks (such as headers or footnotes), and <span> for inline elements (like emphasized text within a paragraph). Yet, there have been instances where I've used a <div> tag to style a single word like *Required, which seemed somewhat unnecessary. This made me question whether my approach was the "right" way to handle text styling, or if there is a preferred tag for such simple text formatting.
Are there established guidelines on which tag to use when applying a CSS class to text blocks? If so, what criteria should be considered in selecting the appropriate tag?