HTML defines a lot of elements for formatting output, like bold or italic text.
Below are a lot of examples that you can try out yourself:
Examples
Text formatting
This example demonstrates how you can format text in an HTML document.
Preformatted text
This example demonstrates how you can control the line breaks and spaces with the pre tag.
"Computer output" tags
This example demonstrates how different "computer output" tags will be displayed.
Address
This example demonstrates how to write an address in an HTML document.
Abbreviations and acronyms
This example demonstrates how to handle an abbreviation or an acronym.
Text direction
This example demonstrates how to change the text direction.
Quotations
This example demonstrates how to handle long and short quotations.
Deleted and inserted text
This example demonstrates how to mark a text that is deleted or inserted to a document.
How to View HTML Source
Have you ever seen a Web page and wondered "Hey! How did they do that?"
To find out, click the VIEW option in your browser's toolbar and select SOURCE or PAGE SOURCE. This will open a window that shows you the HTML code of the page.
Text Formatting Tags
| Tag |
Description |
| <b> |
Defines bold text |
| <big> |
Defines big text |
| <em> |
Defines emphasized text |
| <i> |
Defines italic text |
| <small> |
Defines small text |
| <strong> |
Defines strong text |
| <sub> |
Defines subscripted text |
| <sup> |
Defines superscripted text |
| <ins> |
Defines inserted text |
| <del> |
Defines deleted text |
| <s> |
Deprecated. Use <del> instead |
| <strike> |
Deprecated. Use <del> instead |
| <u> |
Deprecated. Use styles instead |
"Computer Output" Tags
| Tag |
Description |
| <code> |
Defines computer code text |
| <kbd> |
Defines keyboard text |
| <samp> |
Defines sample computer code |
| <tt> |
Defines teletype text |
| <var> |
Defines a variable |
| <pre> |
Defines preformatted text |
| <listing> |
Deprecated. Use <pre> instead |
| <plaintext> |
Deprecated. Use <pre> instead |
| <xmp> |
Deprecated. Use <pre> instead |
Citations, Quotations, and Definition Tags
