HTML Text Formatting
HTML Text Formatting
This text is bold
This text is big
This text is italic
This is computer output
This is subscript and superscript
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HTML Formatting Tags
HTML uses tags like <b> and <i> for formatting output, like bold or italic
text.
These HTML tags are called formatting tags (look at the bottom of this page
for a complete reference).
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Often <strong> renders as <b>, and <em> renders as <i>.
However, there is a difference in the meaning of these tags:
<b> or <i> defines bold or italic text only.
<strong> or <em> means that you want the text to be rendered
in a way that the user understands as "important". Today, all major
browsers render strong as bold and em as italics. However, if a browser
one day wants to
make a text highlighted with the strong feature, it might be cursive for
example and not bold! |
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Text formatting
How to format text in an HTML document.
Preformatted text
How to control the line breaks and spaces with the
pre tag.
"Computer output"
tags
How different "computer output" tags
will be displayed.
Address
How to define contact information for the author/owner
of an HTML document.
Abbreviations and acronyms
How to handle abbreviations and acronyms.
Text direction
How to change the text direction.
Quotations
How to handle long and short quotations.
Deleted and inserted text
How to mark deleted and inserted text.
HTML Text Formatting Tags
Tag |
Description |
<b> |
Defines bold text |
<big> |
Defines big text |
<em> |
Defines emphasized text |
<i> |
Defines italic text |
<small> |
Defines small text |
<strong> |
Defines strong text |
<sub> |
Defines subscripted text |
<sup> |
Defines superscripted text |
<ins> |
Defines inserted text |
<del> |
Defines deleted text |
HTML "Computer Output" Tags
Tag |
Description |
<code> |
Defines computer code text |
<kbd> |
Defines keyboard text |
<samp> |
Defines sample computer code |
<tt> |
Defines teletype text |
<var> |
Defines a variable |
<pre> |
Defines preformatted text |
HTML Citations, Quotations, and Definition Tags
Tag |
Description |
<abbr> |
Defines an abbreviation |
<acronym> |
Defines an acronym |
<address> |
Defines contact information for the author/owner of a document |
<bdo> |
Defines the text direction |
<blockquote> |
Defines a long quotation |
<q> |
Defines a short quotation |
<cite> |
Defines a citation |
<dfn> |
Defines a definition term |
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