BASIC HTML 101

Modern browsers also support a small set of character-formatting styles. The most common are the following:

<I>delimited text</I> is used to apply a "Physical" italic style to characters. The "Logical" Emphasis style, which is named <EM> in HTML, also produces italicized text; lilkewise, the "Logical" <cite> produces  italicized text.

<B>delimited text</B> is used to apply a "Physical" bold style to characters. The "Logical" Strong style, which is named <STRONG> in HTML, also produces bolded text, and, <B><I>delimited text</I></B> produces bolded and italicized text.

The Underline style, which is named <U> in HTML, is used to apply an underline style to characters, and,
<B><I><U>delimited text</U></I></B> produces bolded, italicized & underlined text.

The StrikeThrough style, which is named <STRIKE> in HTML, is used to apply a strike through style to characters, and,
<B><I><U><STRIKE>delimited text</STRIKE></U></I></B> produces bolded, italicized, underlined & struck-through text.

The SuperScript style, which is named <SUP> in HTML, is used to raise letters as in
freezing = 32^o Ferinheight, or, 3 = 9.
in fact, <SUP>delimited text</SUP> produces ^{superscripted} text.

The SubScript style, which is named <SUB> in HTML, is used to lower letters as in
the chemical notation for sulphuric acid is H₂SO₄.
in fact, <SUB>delimited text</SUB> produces _subscripted text.

The Address style, which is named <ADDRESS> in HTML, is usually used at the start or end of a document and displays text in an italic format.

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