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HTML Text Formatting

The document discusses HTML text formatting elements. It provides examples of elements such as <b> for bold text, <i> for italicized text, <small> for smaller text, <sup> for superscript, and <sub> for subscript. It also covers other elements like <strong> for important text, <em> for emphasized text, <mark> for marked text, <ins> for inserted text, and <del> for deleted text. The document aims to explain what each text formatting element is used for in HTML.

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HTML Text Formatting

The document discusses HTML text formatting elements. It provides examples of elements such as <b> for bold text, <i> for italicized text, <small> for smaller text, <sup> for superscript, and <sub> for subscript. It also covers other elements like <strong> for important text, <em> for emphasized text, <mark> for marked text, <ins> for inserted text, and <del> for deleted text. The document aims to explain what each text formatting element is used for in HTML.

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HTML Text Formatting

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:

 <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>
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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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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>
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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>
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HTML <small> Element


The HTML <small> element defines smaller text:

Example
<small>This is some smaller text.</small>
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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>
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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
<p>My favorite color is <del>blue</del> red.</p>
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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
<p>My favorite color is <del>blue</del> <ins>red</ins>.</p>
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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 H 2O:

Example
<p>This is <sub>subscripted</sub> text.</p>
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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>
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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.

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