Full stops & commas must take on font style.

If a bold, or italics, or hyperlink tag is wrapped around a word, followed by a full stop or a comma. That full stop or comma are also wrapped in that tag, ie.

Waela liked this particular watch station because of its view of <i>the sea.</i> ¹

There is just something delightfully redundant about an italicised full stop.

1. This excerpt is from The Jesus Incident By Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom