HTML 3.2 Reference

HTML Formatting Tags

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• Paragraph
• Line Breaks
• Headings
• Bold
• Italic
• Underline
• Emphasis
• Strong Emphasis
• Blink
• Pre
• Typewriter Text
• Code
• Cite
• Blockquote
• Subscript
• Superscript
• Big
• Small
• Font

Paragraph <P></P>

Displays text at normal size.

Line Break <BR>

Moves cursor to the next line.

Headings <H1></H1>

There are six headings, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6. H1 is the largest of the Headings and H6 is smallest.

Bold <B></B>

Text between the tags appears in bold.

Italic <I></I>

Text between the tags appears in italics.

Underline <U></U>

Text between the tags appears underlined.

Blink <BLINK></BLINK>

Text between the tags will blink.

Emphasis <EM></EM>

Text between the tags will appear with emphasis.

Strong Emphasis <STRONG></STRONG>

Text between the tags will appear with stronger emphasis.

Preformatted Text <PRE></PRE>

Allows ASCII text to retain its formatting.

Typewriter Text <TT></TT>

Text between the tags will look like typewriter text.

Code <CODE></CODE>

Text between the tags will appear as a code sample.

Citation <CITE></CITE>

Text between the tags will appear as the source for a citation.

Block Quotes <BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>

Will indent the block of code and fully justify.

Subscript <SUB></SUB>

Text between the tags will appear as a subscript.

Superscript <SUP></SUP>

Text between the tags will appear as a superscript.

Big <BIG></BIG>

Text between the tags will appear one font size larger than the text before the tag.

Small <SMALL></SMALL>

Text between the tags will appear one font size smaller than the text before the tag.

Font <FONT></FONT>

Size <FONT Size=5></FONT>
Specifies point size of the Font. Can be a point size or a relative size, such as +1 or -1.

Face <FONT Face=100%></FONT>
Specifies the name of the font to use. If the font is not installed on the viewer's system, a substitute will be used.

Color <HR Color=#FF00></HR>
Specifies the color of the font. Colors can be a named constant or a hex value. You can use FreeEdit's Color Dialog to help insert colors with ease.