HTML Formatting Elements

HTML Formatting Elements

In the previous chapter, you learned about the HTML style attribute.

HTML also defines special elements for defining text with a special meaning.

HTML uses elements like and for formatting output, like bold or italic text.

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
• _{- Subscript text}
• ^{- Superscript text}

HTML Text Formatting

Text Formatting

This text is bold

This text is italic

This is subscript and superscript

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HTML Text Alignment

HTML Text Alignment

The text-align property defines the horizontal text alignment for an HTML element:

Example

<h1 style="text-align:center;">Centered Heading</h1>
<p style="text-align:center;">Centered paragraph.</p>

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HTML Styles

HTML Styles

I am red

I am blue

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HTML Paragraphs

HTML Paragraphs

The HTML  element defines a paragraph:

Example

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph.</p>

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Note: Browsers automatically add some white space (a margin) before and after a paragraph.

Source: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_paragraphs.asp