HTML Text Formatting Tags – Bold, Italic, Strong, Em, Mark Explained

 

 

Definition of HTML Formatting Tags

HTML formatting tags are special tags used to format text on a webpage. They help make text bold, italic, underlined, highlighted, smaller, or important so the content looks clear and attractive to readers.

These tags improve both readability and page structure.

Common HTML Formatting Tags

• <b> – Makes text bold
  Example: <b>Hello</b> → Hello
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• <strong> – Shows important text (usually bold)
  Example: <strong>Important</strong>
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• <i> – Makes text italic
  Example: <i>Hello</i> → Hello
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• <em> – Emphasized text (usually italic)
  Example: <em>Welcome</em>
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• <u> – Underlines text
  Example: <u>HTML</u>
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• <mark> – Highlights text
  Example: <mark>Highlighted text</mark>
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• <small> – Displays smaller text
• <del> – Shows deleted text with a line through it
• <sub> – Subscript text
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  Example: H₂O
• <sup> – Superscript text
  Example: x²

Example

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

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

<p>This is <u>underlined</u> text.</p>

<p>This is <mark>highlighted</mark> text.</p>