HTML Text Formatting
HTML defines a lot of elements for formatting output, like bold or italic text.
How to View HTML Source
Have you ever seen a Web page and wondered “How do they do that?”
To find out, simply click on the VIEW option in your browsers toolbar and select SOURCE or PAGE SOURCE. This will open a window that shows you the actual HTML of the page.
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
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| <abbr> | Defines an abbreviation |
| <acronym> | Defines an acronym |
| <address> | Defines an address element |
| <bdo> | Defines the text direction |
| <blockquote> | Defines a long quotation |
| <q> | Defines a short quotation |
| <cite> | Defines a citation |
| <dfn> | Defines a definition term |