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

Example

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
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HTML <b> and <strong> Elements

The HTML <b> element defines bold text, without any extra importance.

Example

<b>This text is bold</b>

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The HTML <strong> element defines text with strong importance. The content inside is
typically displayed in bold.

Example
<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 language, a
thought, a ship name, etc.
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<i>This text is italic</i>

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The HTML <em> element defines emphasized text. The content inside is typically displayed in
italic.

Tip: A screen reader will pronounce the words in <em> with an emphasis, using verbal stress.

Example

<em>This text is emphasized</em>

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HTML <small> Element

The HTML <small> element defines smaller text:

Example
<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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HTML <del> Element

The HTML <del> element defines text that has been deleted from a document. Browsers will
usually strike a line through deleted text:

Example
<p>My favorite color is <del>blue</del> red.</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:

Example

<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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HTML <sup> Element

The HTML <sup> element defines superscript text. Superscript text appears half a character
above the normal line, and is sometimes rendered in a smaller font. Superscript text can be
used for footnotes, like WWW[1]:

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

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Exercise
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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<b> Defines bold text

<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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