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.
Refer to the bottom of this page for a complete reference.
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Text formatting
This example demonstrates how you can format text in an HTML document.
Preformatted text
This example demonstrates how you can control the line breaks and spaces with the
pre tag.
"Computer output"
tags
This example demonstrates how different "computer output" tags
will be displayed.
Address
This example demonstrates how to write an address in an HTML document.
Abbreviations and acronyms
This example demonstrates how to handle an abbreviation or an acronym.
Text direction
This example demonstrates how to change the text direction.
Quotations
This example demonstrates how to handle long and short quotations.
Deleted and inserted text
This example demonstrates how to mark a text that is deleted or inserted to a
document.
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 |
| <s> |
Deprecated. Use <del> instead |
| <strike> |
Deprecated. Use <del> instead |
| <u> |
Deprecated. Use styles instead |
"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 |
| <listing> |
Deprecated. Use <pre> instead |
| <plaintext> |
Deprecated. Use <pre> instead |
| <xmp> |
Deprecated. Use <pre> instead |
Citations, Quotations, and Definition Tags
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