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Text Formatting
<Hn>...</Hn>

<Hn align=center>...</Hn>
Heading
Section heading of variable text size, where n=1 to 6. align=center for aligning the heading in the center of the page.
Lesson 3
<b>...</b>
<i>...</i>
<tt>...</tt>
<u>...</u>
<strike>...</strike>
Style
Apply bold, italic, or typewriter (monospaced font). Others that may work are underline and strike-through
Lesson 5
<address>...</address>
Address
Italicized and offset text for page footers
Lesson 12
<blockquote>...
   </blockquote>
Blockquote
Indents and offsets text for long quotations
Lesson 13
<pre>...</pre>
Preformatted Text
Displays in monsospaced font with all space and carriage returns preserved.
Lesson 9
&xxxx;
Special Characters
Codes for special character sets and diacritical marks
See also: HTML Special Characters
Lesson 10
<blink>...</blink>
Blink
Flashes text in a very annoying manner.
Lesson 17
<font size=X>...
</font>
Font Size
Change the size of a selection of text where X=1-7. Can also use relative size changes (-1, +2, -1, -2, etc...) to current <basefont=Z> value.
Lesson 18
<big>...</big>
<small>...</small>
Font Size
Change the size of a selection of to a size greater or smaller then the normal sized text.
Lesson 18
<font color=#XXXXXX>
...
</font>
Font Color
Change the color of a selection of text where XXXXXX is the hexadecimal code for the colors RGB values.
Lesson 18
<sup>...</sup>
<sub>...</sub>
Superscript/Subscript
Create superscripts (e.g. x3 + 2xy + y2 = 0) or subscripts (i.e. H2SO4)
Lesson 18

Writing HTML Summary of HTML Tags: Text Formatting

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