In this article, we will know how to indicates the important text or mark texts as important in HTML. There are several HTML elements that are used for defining text with a special meaning. There are several formatting elements in HTML, some of them are <strong>, <b>, <i>, <em>, <mark>, <small>, <sup>, <sub>, <ins>, <del>.These are the parsed tag that are used to display the importance of the text.
Syntax:
- <strong>: The <strong> tag is the parsed tag and is used to show the importance of the text that makes the text bold.
<strong>Text Content</strong>
- <b>: It is used to specifies the bold text without any extra importance
<b>Bold Text</b>
- <i>: It is used to display the content in italic style.
<i>Italic text</i>
- <em>: It is a phrase tag and is used to emphasize the text content.
<em>Emphasized Text</em>
- <mark>: It is used to define the marked text.
<mark>Marked Text</mark>
- <small>: It is used to set small font size.
<small>Smaller Text</small>
- <sup>: It is used to describes the text as a superscript text.
<sup>Superscripted Text</sup>
- <sub>: It is used to write text below the baseline of the text in a smaller font.
<sub>Subscripted Text</sub>
- <ins>: It is used to specify a block of inserted text.
<ins>Inserted Text</ins>
- <del>: It stands for delete and is used to mark a portion of text which has been deleted from the document.
<del>Deleted Text</del>
We will utilize the above tags to make the important text & also understand their implementation in HTML.
Example: This example illustrates the use of the various HTML tags for making the text as important.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >Important texts</ title >
</ head >
< body >
< h1 >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 >
< h3 >How to indicate the text as important in HTML</ h3 >
< hr />
< p >This is normal text</ p >
< p >< strong >Important Text using strong tag</ strong ></ p >
< p >< b >Bold text using b tag</ b ></ p >
< p >< i >Italic text using i tag</ i ></ p >
< p >< em >Emphasized text using em tag</ em ></ p >
< p >< mark >Marked text using mark tag</ mark ></ p >
< p >< i >Italic text using i tag</ i ></ p >
< p >< small >Small text using small tag</ small ></ p >
< p >< sup >Superscripted text</ sup > using sup tag</ p >
< p >< sub >Subscripted text</ sub > using sub tag</ p >
< p >< ins >Inserted text</ ins > using ins tag</ p >
< p >< del >Deleted text</ del > using del tag</ p >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:

Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome 94.0
- Firefox 93.0
- Microsoft Edge 94.0
- IE 11.0
- Safari 15.0
- Opera 80.0