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Text Formatting in HTML
HTML provides you with a lot of useful elements for text formatting. It allows to make your text bold, italic, marked and much, much more. Of course, this is all for a reason - to get the important points across to the reader.
Bold and Strong
You can make your text bold by using the <b> element. This makes words bold, and provides strong emphasis to a certain word or phrase.
Example:
<p>The most important part of your code is <b>the end</b>, cause it can affect <b>everything!</b></p>
Note: You can also use <strong> as well. They both bold the text.
Italics and Emphasis
If you want to write your messages in italics, you can use the <i> element.
Example:
<p>I hate it when I start talking in Latin, it makes me <i>Lorem Ipsum</i>!</p>
Note: You can also use <em> as well. While visually, they are the same, the semantic definitions are different. <em> is generally used for emphasis, while <i> can be used for foreign words, etc.
Small
It makes your text smaller than the normal font size. This element's meaning was changed in HTML5 - it now represents side-comments and small print.
Example:
<p>Normal, <small>small</small>, normal, <small>small</small>!</p>
Marked
The element <mark> makes your text marked. In other words, it makes your text highlighted. You can use it to tell readers things of importance.
Example:
<p> The land of HTML is a strange and mysterious land, and it's our job to <mark>explore it all!</mark></p>
Deleted
The element <del> shows strikethrough. It's useful if you want to corroct correct something.
Example:
<p>WWI started in <del>1913</del> 1914.</p>
Underlined
Underlining is a tricky thing in HTML. The best way to underline your code is to use CSS and set text-decoration value to "underline". If you need to, the default for the element <ins> will underline your code.
Example:
<p>I like drawing <ins>lines under my words</ins></p>
Note: <ins> actually means "Inserted", and is intended to depict inserted text.
Note 2:<u> used to be underline in HTML 4.01, but in HTML5 it was redefined to show that a word had some form of non-textual annotation applied. The default of <u> is a simple underline, but this can be changed using CSS.
Subscripted
Using the element <sub> makes your text subscripted (ie. it becomes smaller and gets shown near the bottom).
Example:
<p>I use subscripts in math! For example, I can say x<sub>1</sub>!</p>
Superscripted
If you want to make your text superscripted (ie. it becomes smaller but gets shown near the top), use the element <sub>!
Example:
<p>10<sup>2</sup> = 100</p>