Formatting Tags

Text Manipulation with `<TAGS>`

Text formatting tags turn are used to format text. They all have matching closing tags which must be used when you want to end the formatting. Here are some ways to manipulate text:

The  tags changes the font to bold. The vertical strokes are thicker with a bold font. Compare the standard "Engagement" with the bold "Engagement".
The  tag is used for emphasis using text-to-voice equipment. It displays as bold on screen.
The  tag changes the font to Italics. Compare the standard "Page" to the Italics "Page".
The  tag is used for emphasis using text-to-voice equipment. It displays as Italics.
The  tag is used to underline text. Since links are also underlined, the  tag is not often used for emphasis.
The <S> tag is used to <S>~~strikethrough~~</S> text. This also is seldom used.
The <STRIKE> is also used to <STRIKE>~~strikethrough~~</STRIKE> text.
The <BIG>tag increases the size of the text by one font size.
The tag decreases the size of the text by one font size.
The  tag raises the text from the baseline, and reduces it in size, creating a ^superscript. It is used often for math (3³=27) and for footnoting^Ibid...
The  tag lowers the text from the baseline, and reduces it in size, creating a _subscript. It is also used in math (1101101₂) and Chemestry (H₂O).
The <CODE> tags changes the text to courier font.
The <KBD>, <SAMP>, and <TT> tags are used just like .<CODE> to display text in a <KBD>monofont</KBD> <TT>.typewriter</TT> <SAMP>text</SAMP>.

Paragraph formatting tags all force a new line. These include all the headline tags .<H1> through <H6> as well as , , <CENTER>, <BLOCKQUOTE>, and <PRE>.



The <BR> tag forces a new line. Just as you would press the ENTER key to begin a new line in the source code, the <BR> begins a new line in the browser window. The <BR> tag is used to INSERT a carriage return, and does not require a closing tag.

he <BLOCKQUOTE> tag is used to indent block of text from both the left and right. <BLOCKQUOTE> always forces an empty line before and after the block of text. For example:
"Ask not what your country can do for you. 

Ask what you can do for your country."

---  John F. Kennedy

The <PRE>tags is used for PREformatted text, that is text that is aligned correctly before formatting is applied. 
This includes a column of numbers, a chart (see below). 
The text is all displayed using a monospaced font to retain vertical allignment. 
The opening and closing <PRE></PRE> tags force a double carriage return, 
so there is always a blank line before and after the contained text. All spaces, tabs, and returns between the opening <PRE> and closing </PRE> tags, are processed by the browser, 
so there is never a need to enter the <BR> tags at the end of a line.

<PRE>
        1970        1980        1990        2000
----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----
        $41K        $52K        $47K        $57K


      $   1,250.11
            871.56
            205.52
          2,415.38
          ________
      $   4,742.57

</PRE>




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Text Manipulation with <TAGS>

Text Manipulation with `<TAGS>`