Formatting

Formatting elements were designed to display special types of text:

• Bold text
• Important text
• Italic text
• Emphasized text
• Marked text
• Small text
• Deleted text
• Inserted text
• Subscripts
• Superscripts

Bold and Strong Formatting

The HTML <b> element defines bold text, without any extra importance.

<p><b>This text is bold</b>.</p>

The HTML <strong> element defines strong text, with added semantic "strong" importance.

<p><strong>This text is strong</strong>.</p>

Italic and Emphasized Formatting

The HTML <i>element defines italic text, without any extra importance.

<p><i>This text is italic</i>.</p>

The HTML <em> element defines emphasized text, with added semantic importance.

<p><em>This text is emphasized</em>.</p>

Small Formatting

The HTML <small> element defines small text:

<h2>HTML <small>Small</small> Formatting</h2>

Marked Formatting

The HTML <mark>element defines marked or highlighted text:

<h2>HTML <mark>Marked</mark> Formatting</h2>

Deleted Formatting

The HTML <del> element defines deleted (removed) text.

<p>My favorite color is <del>blue</del> red.</p>

Inserted Formatting

The HTML <ins> element defines inserted (added) text.

<p>My favorite <ins>color</ins> is red.</p>

Subscript Formatting

The HTML <sub> element defines subscripted text.

<p>This is <sub>subscripted</sub> text.</p>

Superscript Formatting

The HTML <sup> element defines superscripted text.

<p>This is <sup>superscripted</sup> text.</p>

Summary