Web Design

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CHAPTER

Getting Started with HTML 2

I have seen pages that use <b> for bold. What is

the difference?

The <strong> tag is used to add strong emphasis

to a word, whereas the <b> tag means “bold.”

Visually they are identical, but <strong> provides

more semantic meaning — you are saying that the

word is bold because you are emphasizing it, rather

than merely providing a formatting instruction. The

same is true with <em>, for emphasis, and <i>, for

italic.

Are there other tags besides <i> to italicize text?

Yes. In fact, there are quite a few, but all have

specific semantic meanings. For example, <cite>

renders its text in italic, but logically marks the text

as a citation. The <address> tag, used for

denoting an address on a page, also renders in

italic.

● When viewed in a browser,

the formatted text is bold

or italic.

4 Before a word you want to
italicize, type .

5 After the word, type .

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