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<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 <b> and <strong> Elements
The HTML <b>
element defines bold text, without any extra importance.
Example
<b>This text is bold</b>
<b>This text is bold</b>
The HTML <strong>
element defines text with strong importance. The content inside is typically displayed in bold.
Example
<strong>This text is important!</strong>
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<strong>This text is important!</strong>
HTML <i> and <em> 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.
Example
<i>This text is italic</i>
<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.
Example
<em>This text is emphasized</em>
<em>This text is emphasized</em>
HTML <small> Element
The HTML <small>
element defines smaller text:
Example
<small>This is some smaller text.</small>
<small>This is some smaller text.</small>
HTML <mark> Element
The HTML <mark>
element defines text that should be marked or highlighted:
Example
<p>Do not forget to buy <mark>milk</mark> today.</p>
<p>Do not forget to buy <mark>milk</mark> today.</p>
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
<p>My favorite color is <del>blue</del> red.</p>
<p>My favorite color is <del>blue</del> red.</p>
HTML <ins> Element
The HTML <ins>
element defines a text that has been inserted into a document. Browsers will usually underline inserted text:
Example
<p>My favorite color is <del>blue</del> <ins>red</ins>.</p>
<p>My favorite color is <del>blue</del> <ins>red</ins>.</p>
HTML <sub> Element
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:
Example
<p>This is <sub>subscripted</sub> text.</p>
<p>This is <sub>subscripted</sub> text.</p>
HTML <sup> Element
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
<p>This is <sup>superscripted</sup> text.</p>
<p>This is <sup>superscripted</sup> text.</p>
HTML Exercises
Test Yourself With Exercises
Exercise:
HTML 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.
HTML Styles
The HTML style
attribute is used to add styles to an element, such as color, font, size, and more.
Example
I am Red
I am Blue
I am Big
The HTML Style Attribute
Setting the style of an HTML element, can be done with the style
attribute.
The HTML style
attribute has the following syntax:
<tagname style="property:value;">
The property is a CSS property. The value is a CSS value.
You will learn more about CSS later in this tutorial.
Background Color
The CSS background-color
property defines the background color for an HTML element.
Example
Set the background color for a page to powderblue:
<body style="background-color:powderblue;">
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
Example
Set background color for two different elements:
<body>
<h1 style="background-color:powderblue;">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="background-color:tomato;">This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
Text Color
The CSS color
property defines the text color for an HTML element:
Example
<h1 style="color:blue;">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="color:red;">This is a paragraph.</p>
Fonts
The CSS font-family
property defines the font to be used for an HTML element:
Example
<h1 style="font-family:verdana;">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="font-family:courier;">This is a paragraph.</p>
Text Size
The CSS font-size
property defines the text size for an HTML element:
Example
<h1 style="font-size:300%;">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="font-size:160%;">This is a paragraph.</p>
Text Alignment
The CSS text-align
property defines the horizontal text alignment for an HTML element:
Example
<h1 style="text-align:center;">Centered Heading</h1>
<p style="text-align:center;">Centered paragraph.</p>
Chapter Summary
- Use the
style
attribute for styling HTML elements - Use
background-color
for background color - Use
color
for text colors - Use
font-family
for text fonts - Use
font-size
for text sizes - Use
text-align
for text alignment
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