Text Formatting

Text Formatting

<hx></hx> 
*//Creates a heading. Usually used to describe a portion of text. x-values range from 1-6, 1 being the largest, with 6 being the smallest

<b></b> 
*//Creates bold text

<i></i> 
*//Creates italic text

<tt></tt> 
*//Creates teletype, or typewriter-style text, like this text.

<cite></cite> 
*//Creates a citation, usually italic

<em></em> 
*//Emphasises a word (with italic or bold)

<strong></strong> 
*//Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold). Same-ish as <em>

<font size="x"></font> 
*//Sets size of font, x goes from 1 to 7

<font color="x"></font> 
*//Sets font colour, using name or hex value

<p></p> 
*//Creates a new paragraph

<p align="left"> 
*//Aligns a paragraph to the left (default), right, or center.

<br> 
*//Inserts a line break

<blockquote></blockquote> 
*//Indents text from both sides

<dl></dl> 
*//Creates a definition list

      For use with <dl> :
    
      • <dt> 
        *//Precedes each definition term

      • <dd> 
        *//Precedes each definition

<ol></ol> 
*//Creates a numbered list

<ul></ul> 
*//Creates a bulleted list

<li></li> 
*//Precedes each list item, and adds a number or symbol depending upon the type of list selected. By default it'll produce a bullet.

<div align="left"> 
*// A tag used to format large blocks of HTML.

<img src="name"> 
*// Adds an image. name takes the place of the source of an image; the URL at which the image is located.

       Attributes of <img>:
         • align="left"
           *//Aligns an image: left, right, center; bottom, top, middle

         • border="x" 
           *// Sets size of border around an image in units of pixels.

<hr/> 
*//Inserts a horizontal rule. A line that demarcates sections of content. This tag does not need to be closed.

       Attributes of </hr>:
        • size="x"
          *// Sets size (height) of rule in pixels.

        • width="x%" 
          *//Sets width of rule, in percentage or absolute value

        • noshade 
          *//Creates a rule without a shadow