HTML FORMATTING
COMPUTER ELECTIVE 7
HTML FORMATTING
•HTML contains several
elements for defining text
with a special meaning.
HTML FORMATTING
• Example
• This text is bold
• This text is italic
• This is subscript and superscript
HTML FORMATTING ELEMENTS
Formatting elements were designed to display special types of
text:
<b> - Bold text
<strong> - Important text
<i> - Italic text
<em> - Emphasized text
<mark> - Marked text
<small> - Smaller text
<del> - Deleted text
<ins> - Inserted text
<sub> - Subscript text
<sup> - Superscript text
HTML <B> AND <STRONG> ELEMENTS
•The HTML <b> element defines
bold text, without any extra
importance.
•Example
<b>This text is bold</b>
HTML <B> AND <STRONG> ELEMENTS
• The HTML <strong> element defines text with
strong importance. The content inside is
typically displayed in bold.
• Example
<strong>This text is important!</strong>
HTML <I> AND <EM>
ELEMENTS
•The HTML <i> element
defines a part of text in an
alternate voice or mood.
The content inside is
typically displayed in italic.
HTML <I> AND <EM>
ELEMENTS
•Example
<i>This text is italic</i>
Tip: The <i> tag is often used to indicate a
technical term, a phrase from another
language, a thought, a ship name, etc.
HTML <I> AND <EM>
ELEMENTS
•The HTML <em> element
defines emphasized text.
The content inside is
typically displayed in italic.
HTML <I> AND <EM>
ELEMENTS
•Example
<em>This text is
emphasized</em>
Tip: A screen reader will pronounce the
words in <em> with an emphasis, using
verbal stress.
HTML <SMALL> ELEMENT
• The HTML <small> element defines
smaller text:
• Example
<small>This is some smaller text.</small>
HTML <MARK> ELEMENT
• The HTML <mark> element defines text
that should be marked or highlighted:
• Example
<p>Do not forget to buy
<mark>milk</mark> today.</p>
HTML <DEL> ELEMENT
• The HTML <del> element defines text that
has been deleted from a document.
Browsers will usually strike a line through
deleted text:
• Example
<p>My favorite color is <del>blue</del>
red.</p>
HTML <INS> ELEMENT
• The HTML <ins> element defines a text
that has been inserted into a document.
Browsers will usually underline inserted
text:
• Example
<p>My favorite color is <del>blue</del>
<ins>red</ins>.</p>
HTML <SUB> ELEMENT
• The HTML <sub> element defines subscript text.
Subscript text appears half a character below the
normal line, and is sometimes rendered in a smaller
font. Subscript text can be used for chemical
formulas, like H2O:
• Example
<p>This is <sub>subscripted</sub>
text.</p>
HTML <SUP> ELEMENT
• The HTML <sup> element defines superscript text.
Superscript text appears half a character above the
normal line, and is sometimes rendered in a smaller
font. Superscript text can be used for footnotes, like
WWW[1]:
• Example
• <p>This is <sup>superscripted</sup> text.</p>
HTML <SUP> ELEMENT
• The HTML <sup> element defines superscript text.
Superscript text appears half a character above the
normal line, and is sometimes rendered in a smaller
font. Superscript text can be used for footnotes, like
WWW[1]:
• Example
• <p>This is <sup>superscripted</sup> text.</p>
EXERCISE NO. 5
1. Add extra importance
to the word
"degradation" in the
paragraph below.
EXERCISE NO. 5
2. Using of correct tags,
Emphasize the word
"metropolitan“.
EXERCISE NO. 5
3. Using of correct tags,
Highlight the word
"FUN“.
EXERCISE NO. 5
4. Using of correct tags,
Apply subscript
formatting to the
number "2“.
EXERCISE NO. 5
5. Using of correct tags,
Add a line through
(strikeout) the letters
"blue“.
EXERCISE NO. 5
6. Using of correct tags,
Mark the words “Thank
You“.
