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
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| <abbr> | Defines an abbreviation |
| <acronym> | Defines an acronym |
| <address> | Defines an address element |
| <bdo> | Defines the text direction |
| <blockquote> | Defines a long quotation |
| <q> | Defines a short quotation |
| <cite> | Defines a citation |
| <dfn> | Defines a definition term |
