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Text Formatting

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The list of HTML tags used to format text.

Contents

1. Bold
   <b>
2. Italic
   <i>
3. Strikethrough
   <s>
4. Highlight
   <mark>
5. Delete and Insert
   <del>, <ins>
6. Small
   <small>
7. Subscript and Superscript
   <sub>, <sup>
8. Headings
   <h1> to <h6>
9. Keyboard Input
   <kbd>
10. Ruby
    <ruby>, <rb>, <rp>, <rt>
11. Abbreviation
    <abbr>

Bold

Makes text bold.

Demo:

bold

<b>bold</b>

Italic

Makes text italicised.

Demo:

italics

<i>italics</i>

Strikethrough

Used to strike out text.

Demo:

strikethrough

<s>strikethrough</s>

Highlight

Used to highlight text.

Demo:

highlight

<mark>highlight</mark>

Delete and Insert

Used to signify which sections of text have been deleted or inserted respectively.

Demo:

deleted

<del>deleted</del>

inserted

<ins>inserted</ins>

Small

Used to signify smaller text such as side comments.

Demo:

small

<small>small</small>

Subscript and Superscript

Used to apply subscript or superscript to text respectively.

Demo:

Example of _subscript text

<sub>subscript</sub>

Example of ^superscript text

<sup>superscript</sup>

Headings

Used to define and style headings.

Demo:

h1

<h1>h1</h1>

h2

<h2>h2</h2>

h3

<h3>h3</h3>

h4

<h4>h4</h4>

h5

<h5>h5</h5>

h6

<h6>h6</h6>

Keyboard Input

Used to denote a key on the keyboard.

Demo:

To copy press Ctrl + C

<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>

Ruby

Ruby allows for text to be annotated with pronunciations or additional information. It is most commonly used in Japanese and Chinese text.

The base text is written inside of <rb> whilst the annotation to appear above is written inside of <rt>. For browsers which cannot render ruby notation, we use <rp> (Ruby Parantheses) to insert parentheses. For browsers which do support ruby notation, the contents of <rp> are hidden.

Demo:

WWW ( World Wide Web )

<ruby>
  <rb>WWW</rb>
  <rp>(</rp>
  <rt>World Wide Web</rt>
  <rp>)</rp>
</ruby>

How it appears for browsers which do not support <ruby>:

WWW (World Wide Web)

Abbreviation

Used to define an abbreviation or acronym. This element does not apply styles to text unless it is combined with the title attribute.

Demo:

<abbr> with title attribute:
www

<abbr title="World Wide Web">www</abbr>

How it should appear:

<abbr> without title attribute:
www

<abbr>www</abbr>

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