HTML Text Formatting

HTML Text Formatting

This text is bold

This text is big

This text is italic

This is computer output

This is _subscript and ^superscript

HTML Formatting Tags

HTML uses tags like and for formatting output, like bold or italic text.

These HTML tags are called formatting tags (look at the bottom of this page for a complete reference).

Often renders as , and renders as . However, there is a difference in the meaning of these tags: or defines bold or italic text only. or means that you want the text to be rendered in a way that the user understands as "important". Today, all major browsers render strong as bold and em as italics. However, if a browser one day wants to make a text highlighted with the strong feature, it might be cursive for example and not bold!