Text level elements - Character Styles
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Character styles specify the appearance or font of some text.
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Font style elements
These all require start and end tags, e.g.
This has some <B>bold text</B>.
| TT |
teletype or monospaced text
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| I |
italic text style
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| B |
bold text style
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| BIG |
places text in a large font
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| SMALL |
places text in a small font
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| SUB |
places text in subscript style
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| SUP |
places text in superscript style
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Deprecated Font Elements
These elements are being phased out in preference to style sheets.
They all require start and end tags, e.g.
This has some <u>underlined test </u>.
| U |
underline text
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| S |
strike-through text style
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| STRIKE |
strike-through text style
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Phrase Elements
These all require start and end tags, e.g.
This has some <EM>emphasized text</EM>.
| EM |
basic emphasis typically rendered in an italic font
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| STRONG |
strong emphasis typically rendered in a bold font
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| DFN |
defining instance of the enclosed term
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| CODE |
used for extracts from program code
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| SAMP |
used for sample output from programs, and scripts etc.
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| KBD |
used for text to be typed by the user
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| VAR |
used for variables or arguments to commands
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| CITE |
used for citations or references to other sources
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| PRE |
used for pre-formatted text
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| Q |
used for short in-line quotations
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