HTML Text Formatting

This text is bold

This text is big

This text is italic

This is computer output

This is_subscript and ^superscript

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HTML Formatting Tags

HTML uses tags like and for formatting output, like bold or italic text.

These HTML tags are called formatting tags (look in this Page end for a complete reference).

Often renders as , and renders as .

However, there is a difference in the meaning of these tags:

 or defines bold or italic text only.

 or means that you want the text to be rendered in a way that the user understands as "important". Today, all major browsers render strong as bold and em as italics. However, if a browser one day wants to make a text highlighted with the strong feature, it might be cursive for example and not bold!

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Text formatting
How to format text in an HTML document.

Preformatted text
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"Computer output" tags
How different "computer output" tags will be displayed.

Address
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Abbreviations and acronyms
How to handle abbreviations and acronyms.

Text direction
How to change the text direction.

Quotations
How to handle long and short quotations.

Deleted and inserted text
How to mark deleted and inserted text.