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HTML contains several elements for defining text with a special meaning.

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This text is bold

This text is italic

superscript
This is subscript and

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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

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The HTML <strong> element defines text with strong importance. The content inside
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<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
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<i>This text is italic</i>

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HTML <small> Element

The HTML <small> element defines smaller text:

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<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:

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<p>Do not forget to buy <mark>milk</mark> today.</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:

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<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 H2O:

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<p>This is _subscripted text.</p>

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<p>This is ^{superscripted} text.</p>

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Two of the following HTML elements makes the text bold, which two?

<em> and <b>

<strong> and <b>

<big> and <b>

<mark> and <b>

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<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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