HTML Text Formatting

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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

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HTML Formatting Elements

Formatting elements were designed to display special types of text:

 - Bold text
 - Important text
 - Italic text
 - Emphasized text
 - Marked text
 - Smaller text
<del> - Deleted text
<ins> - Inserted text
 - Subscript text
 - Superscript text

HTML and Elements

The HTML  element defines bold text, without any extra importance.

Example

This text is bold

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The HTML  element defines text with strong importance. The content inside is typically displayed in bold.

Example

This text is important!

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HTML and Elements

The HTML  element defines a part of text in an alternate voice or mood. The content inside is typically displayed in italic.

Tip: The  tag is often used to indicate a technical term, a phrase from another language, a thought, a ship name, etc.

Example

This text is italic

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The HTML  element defines emphasized text. The content inside is typically displayed in italic.

Tip: A screen reader will pronounce the words in  with an emphasis, using verbal stress.

Example

This text is emphasized

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The HTML  element defines smaller text:

Example

This is some smaller text.

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The HTML  element defines text that should be marked or highlighted:

Example

Do not forget to buy milk today.

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HTML <del> Element

The HTML <del> element defines text that has been deleted from a document. Browsers will usually strike a line through deleted text:

Example

My favorite color is <del>blue</del> red.

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HTML <ins> Element

The HTML <ins> element defines a text that has been inserted into a document. Browsers will usually underline inserted text:

Example

My favorite color is <del>blue</del> <ins>red</ins>.

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The HTML  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:

Example

This is subscripted text.

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The HTML  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

This is superscripted text.

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