There are specific elements in HTML, which we can use for formatting or defining text with specific meaning.
This is bold text
This is italic text
This is strike-through text
Formatting Elements
<b>- Bold text<strong>- Important text<i>- Italic text<em>- Emphasized text<s>- Strike-through Text<del>- Deleted text<mark>- Marked text<small>- Smaller text<ins>- Inserted text<sub>- Subscript text<sup>- Superscript text
Examples:
The <b> element in HTML is used to define bold text, without any extra importance.
<b>This is a bold text</b>The <strong> element in HTML is used to define text with strong importance, which is usually displayed in bold style.
<strong>This is an important text!</strong> The <i> element in HTML is used to define a part of text in an alternate voice or mood, which is usually displayed in italics.
<i>This is an italic text</i> The <em> element in HTML is used to indicate an emphasized text, which is typically displayed in italics.
<em>This is an emphasized text</em> The <s> element in HTML is used to define things that are no longer relevant or no longer accurate, like the old sale price of an item.
<s>This is a strike-through text</s>The <del> element in HTML is used to define text that has been removed or deleted from a document, which is typically rendered with a strike through.
<p>I love <del>cricket</del> football.</p>The <small> element in HTML is used to define a smaller sized text.
<small>This is a smaller sized text.</small>The <mark> element in HTML is used to define a visually marked or highlighted text.
<p>This is a <mark>marked</mark> text.</p>The <ins> element in HTML is used to define a newly added text in a document, which is typically rendered with an underline.
<p>I love <del>cricket</del> <ins>football</ins>.</p>The <sub> element in HTML is used to define subscript text, which appears half a character below the normal line and typically displayed in a smaller font size. It is commonly used to display chemical formulas.
<p>This chemical formula for water is H<sub>2</sub>O text.</p>The <sup> element in HTML is used to define superscript text, which appears half a character above the normal line and typically displayed in a smaller font size. It is commonly used for footnotes or for units like cm3.
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