HTML Formatting
HTML contains several elements for defining text with a special meaning.
HTML contains several elements for defining text with a special meaning.
Example
This text is bold
This text is italic
This is subscript and superscript
HTML Formatting Elements
Formatting elements were designed to display special types of text:
<b>- Bold text
<strong>- Important text
<i>- Italic text
<em>- Emphasized text
<mark>- Marked text
<small>- Smaller text
<del>- Deleted text
<ins>- Inserted text
<sub>- Subscript text
<sup>- Superscript text
HTML ** and Elements
The HTML <b> element defines bold text,
without any extra importance.
Example
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html<b>This text is bold</b>The HTML <strong> element defines text
with strong importance. The content inside is typically displayed in bold.
Example
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html<strong>This text is
important!</strong>HTML and Elements
The HTML <i> element defines a part of
text in an alternate voice or mood. The content inside is typically displayed in
italic.
Tip: The <i> tag is often used to indicate a technical term,
a phrase from another language, a thought, a ship name, etc.
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html<i>This text is italic</i>The HTML <em> element defines
emphasized text. The content inside is typically displayed in italic.
Tip: A screen reader will pronounce the words in <em>
with an emphasis, using verbal stress.
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html<em>This text is
emphasized</em>HTML Element
The HTML <small> element defines
smaller text:
Example
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html<small>This is some smaller text.</small>HTML Element
The HTML <mark> element defines text
that should be marked or highlighted:
Example
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The HTML <del> element defines text
that has been deleted from a document. Browsers will usually strike a line
through deleted text:
Example
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The HTML <ins> element defines a text
that has been inserted into a document. Browsers will usually underline inserted
text:
Example
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The HTML <sub> element defines
subscript text. Subscript text appears half a character below the normal line,
and is sometimes rendered in a smaller font. Subscript text can be used for
chemical formulas, like H2O:
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The HTML <sup> element defines
superscript text. Superscript text appears half a character above the normal
line, and is sometimes rendered in a smaller font. Superscript text can be used
for footnotes, like WWW[1]:
Example
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htmlHTML Text Formatting Elements
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
<b> | Defines bold text |
<em> | Defines emphasized text |
<i> | Defines a part of text in an alternate voice or mood |
<small> | Defines smaller text |
<strong> | Defines important text |
<sub> | Defines subscripted text |
<sup> | Defines superscripted text |
<ins> | Defines inserted text |
<del> | Defines deleted text |
<mark> | Defines marked/highlighted text |
For a complete list of all available HTML tags, visit our HTML Tag Reference.
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html<small>This is some smaller text.</small>