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Learning HTML - Inline Markup

Inline Markup

Content-based markup is designed to work in all media while Physical markup is a font characteristic. For example; a speech-based browser will emphasize an text marked with EM (emphasize) tags but not with I (italic) tags, while both will display as italic in most (but not all) browsers.

Content-based Markup		Physical Markup
		`BIG`	a large font
`CITE`	a citation or a reference
`CODE`	`computer code`	`TT`	a `nonproportional` font
`DFN`	defining instance of the enclosed term
`EM`	emphasis	`I`	an italic font
`KBD`	`text to be entered by the user`
`SAMP`	`sample output`
		`SMALL`	a small font
`STRONG`	stronger emphasis	`B`	a bold font
		`SUB`	_sub scripting
		`SUP`	^super scripting
`VAR`	`variable or program argument`

Line Breaks

You can force a line break with the BR tag. Do NOT use BR to define your right margin!
<p>Green eggs<br>and ham.</p>

Green eggs
and ham.

Horizontal Rules

The HR element specifies a horizontal line. HR does not have a closing tag. <hr>

The colors that you see in this example are done with Cascading Style Sheets.

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"Mastering a Web Site" online course
Created and maintained by Lorna Schmid and David Boldt.
http://water.usgs.gov/usgs/training/webmaster/html_markup.html
Last modified: Tue Oct 14 17:17:47 EDT 2003