HTML COURSE • LESSON 9
HTML Text Formatting
HTML provides special elements for displaying important, emphasized and formatted text.
Common Formatting Elements
Element
Purpose
<b>
Displays bold text.
<strong>
Displays important text.
<i>
Displays italic text.
<em>
Displays emphasized text.
<mark>
Highlights text.
<small>
Displays smaller text.
<del>
Displays deleted text.
<ins>
Displays inserted text.
<sub>
Displays subscript text.
<sup>
Displays superscript text.
Formatting Example
Text Formatting
<p>
<b>EDUHUB</b> is an online platform.
</p>
<p>
<strong>HTML is important!</strong>
</p>
<p>
<i>Learn web development.</i>
</p>
<p>
<em>Practice every day.</em>
</p>
<p>
<mark>Important Note</mark>
</p>Subscript and Superscript
Subscript and Superscript
<p>
H<sub>2</sub>O
</p>
<p>
x<sup>2</sup>
</p>
💡 Accessibility Tip
Use <strong> and <em>
when the text has importance or emphasis. Do not use them
only to change the visual appearance.