Below is a list of the most commonly used*** html element tags that control the text on the webpage. Note: Some attributes listed below have been depreciated in favor of Cascading Style Sheets. Controls Visual Format, Style, Structure and Font of Text Element Opening Tag Attributes Closing Tag Description center <center> deprecated </center> Visual format - centers content on webpage b <b>   </b> Text style - text with bold format i <i>   </i> Text style - text with italic format sub <sub>   </sub> Text style - places text below regular line of text sup <sup>   </sup> Text style - places text above regular line of text u <u> depreciated </u> Text style - text will be underlined blockquote <blockquote>   </blockquote> Text structure - defines a section to be indented from both the left and right margins br <br> clear="position" None Text structure - forces text to end and starts text on the next line align - set to left, right or all em <em>   </em> Text structure - text with emphasis format p <p> align="position" Optional Text structure - Specifies start and end of paragraph Forces a space between paragraphs align - set to left, center or right strong <strong>   </strong> Text structure - text with strong format font <font> depreciated face="?" size="?" color="color" </font> Text font modification - controls the typeface (font) on your webpage face - name of font size - size of font color - color of font** ***A complete list of html element tags can be found at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) website. https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/index/elements.html **Color can be set using color names (red, black, etc) or RGB color codes or hexidecimal color codes.

Editor's Picks Articles
Top Ten Articles
Previous Features
Site Map





Content copyright © 2023 by Diane Cipollo. All rights reserved.
This content was written by Diane Cipollo. If you wish to use this content in any manner, you need written permission. Contact BellaOnline Administration for details.