Well it's easy to explain. The underlining cuts through the tails of the letters and the punctuation marks making them harder to read. In the days of mechanical typewriters, underlining was the only option available for emphasising text. On the web, there is an additional incentive not to underline.
People expect underlined text on a web page to be a link.
When it isn't, this leads to confusion. Scribe hopes that you found this free tip useful. Feel free to contact us to discuss our many services. Return to Scribe's free tips page .