HTML TEXT FORMATTING

Formatting elements were designed to display special types of text:

  • <b> – Bold text- element defines bold text, without any extra importance
  • <strong> – Important text- element defines text with strong importance
  • <i> – Italic text- content inside is typically displayed in italic
  • <em> – Emphasized text- element defines emphasized text
  • <mark> – Marked text – element defines text that should be marked or highlighted
  • <small> – Smaller text –  element defines smaller text
  • <del> – Deleted text  – element defines text that has been deleted from a document
  • <ins> – Inserted text – element defines a text that has been inserted into a document
  • <sub> – Subscript text – element defines subscript text
  • <sup> – Superscript text – element defines superscript text

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 <head>

 <title> Formatting Text </title>
 </head>
 <body>

<p> <b>Here is bold text.</b> </p>
<p> <strong> Here is strong text. </strong></p>
<p> <i> Here is italic text. </i></p>
<p> <em>
Here is text emphasized </em> </p>
<p> <small> Here is small text. </small> </p>
<p> <del> Here is text with strikeout. </del> </p>

<p> <sup> This is superscripted text </sup> </p>

<p> <sub> This is subscripted text.  </sub> </p>
</body>
</html>

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