Text Formatting Elements

Text characteristics such as the size, weight, and style can be modified by using these elements, but the HTML 4.01 specification encourages you to use style sheets instead.

<b>...</b>

Usage	Bold text.
Start/End Tag	Required/Required.
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
Empty	No.

<basefont>

Usage	Sets the base font size.
Start/End Tag	Required/IllegalSee note for XHTML 1.0 requirements.
Deprecated	size="..."The font size (1 tHRough 7 or relative; that is, +3).
	color="..."The font color.
	face="..."The font type.
Empty	Yes.
Notes	Deprecated in favor of style sheets. In XHTML 1.0, this tag should take the XML form of _<basefont /> to ensure compatibility with older browsers.

<big>...</big>

Usage	Large text.
Start/End Tag	Required/Required.
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
Empty	No.

<font>...</font>

Usage	Changes the font face, size, and color.
Start/End Tag	Required/Required.
Deprecated	size="..."The font size (1 through 7 or relative; that is, +3).
	color="..."The font color.
	face="..."The font type.
Empty	No.
Notes	Deprecated in favor of style sheets.

<i>...</i>

Usage	Italicizes text.
Start/End Tag	Required/Required.
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
Empty	No.

<s>...</s>

Usage	Strikethrough text.
Start/End Tag	Required/Required.
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
Empty	No.
Notes	Deprecated in favor of style sheets.

<small>...</small>

Usage	Small text.
Start/End Tag	Required/Required.
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
Empty	No.

<strike>...</strike>

Usage	Strikethrough text.
Start/End Tag	Required/Required.
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
Empty	No.
Notes	Deprecated in favor of style sheets.

<tt>...</tt>

Usage	Teletype (or monospaced) text.
Start/End Tag	Required/Required.
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
Empty	No.

<u>...</u>

Usage	Underlines text.
Start/End Tag	Required/Required.
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
Empty	No.
Notes	Deprecated in favor of style sheets.