HTML Text Formatting Tags and Codes

HTML text formatting tags such as HTML bold tag, HTML italics tag, Strike tag or HTML strikethrough tag, underline tag, HTML strong tag and HTML center tag are very important to build a web page readable, well structured and formatted. These tags not only make sense for Users or visitors of web page but also for the Search Engines. These tags emphasize the importance of keywords being formatted by using HTML text formatting tags. HTML strike tag or strikethrough tag draws line through the text placed inside the <strike> tag where as HTML underline tag draws a line under the text placed inside the <u> tag. HTML center tag aligns the block of text in the center of web page horizontally. HTML bold <b> tag and strong <strong> tag increases the weight of the text that impact more on readers as well Search Engines.

Example code for HTML bold and strong tag

<b>example of html bold tag</b>
<strong>example of html strong tag</strong>

Both tags will produce the same output result of text formatting.

The HTML italics tag display the text in italics that is placed inside the HTML italics i tag.

Example code for HTML italics tag

<i>example of html italics tag</i>

Example code for HTML strike tag and Underline tag

<strike>example of html strike tag</strike>
<u>example of html underline tag</u>

Next is HTML center tag, it center aligns the block of text place inside the <center> and </center> tags.

Example Code for HTML center tag

<center>example of html center tag</center>

Continue to next tutorial: HTML Horizontal Rule Line hr Tag to learn how to draw a straight horizontal line using HTML hr tag.