In the previous chapter, you learned about HTML styling, using the HTML style attribute.
HTML also defines special elements, for defining text with a special meaning.
HTML uses elements like <b> and <i> for formatting output, like bold or italic text.
Formatting elements were designed to display special types of text:
The HTML <b> element defines bold text, without any extra importance.
The HTML <strong> element defines strong text, with added semantic "strong" importance.
The HTML <i> element defines italic text, without any extra importance.
The HTML <em> element defines emphasized text, with added semantic importance.
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Browsers display <strong> as <b>, and <em> as <i>. However, there is a difference in the meaning of these tags: <b> and <i> defines bold and italic text, but <strong> and <em> means that the text is "important". |
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The HTML <small> element defines small text:
The HTML <mark> element defines marked or highlighted text:
The HTML <del> element defines deleted (removed) of text.
The HTML <ins> element defines inserted (added) text.
The HTML <sub> element defines subscripted text.
The HTML <sup> element defines superscripted text.
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| Tag | Description |
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| <b> | Defines bold text |
| <em> | Defines emphasized text |
| <i> | Defines italic text |
| <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 |
