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: 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
