HTML5 Handbook

HTML Text Formatting
HTML text formatting is used to control how text appears and is structured on a webpage. It not only affects the visual presentation but also provides semantic meaning, which helps browsers and assistive technologies understand the content better.

Benefits of HTML Text Formatting:

1. Improves Readability: Proper formatting makes content easier to read and navigate for users.

2. Adds Semantic Meaning: Tags like <strong>, <em>, <mark>, and <abbr> indicate the importance, emphasis, or special meaning of the text.

3. Enhances Visual Styling: Formatting tags allow you to style text with bold, italics, subscript, superscript, or highlight key information, making the content more engaging.

4. Supports Accessibility: Semantic formatting helps screen readers convey the intended meaning to visually impaired users.

5. SEO Benefits: Search engines can better understand structured and meaningful text, which can improve webpage ranking.

Common HTML Text Formatting Tags:

• <b>: Bold text

• <i>: Italic text

• <u>: Underlined text

• <strong>: Strong importance

• <em>: Emphasized text

• <small>: Smaller text

• <mark>: Highlighted text

• <sub> / <sup>: Subscript / Superscript

Formatting is done using two types of tags:

1. Physical (Presentational) Tags

2. Logical (Semantic) Tags