HTML Quick Reference, Page 9 of 9

Logical Formatting. Controlled by the browser's style definitions.
Headings <H?> </H?> six levels are defined
Emphasis <EM> </EM> usually rendered as italics
Strong Emphasis <STRONG> </STRONG> usually rendered as bold
Preformatted <PRE> </PRE> display text as-is, with a fixed-width font
Width <PRE WIDTH=?> </PRE> in characters
Pre/No Tags <XMP> </XMP> like PRE but embedded tags are not processed
Citation <CITE> </CITE> usually rendered as italics
Code <CODE> </CODE> for source code listings, rendered in a fixed-width font
Sample Output <SAMP> </SAMP>
Keyboard Input <KBD> </KBD>
Variable <VAR> </VAR>
Definition <DFN> </DFN> often unimplemented
N1.0 Font Size <FONT SIZE=?> </FONT> ranges from 1 to 7
N1.0 Base Font Size <BASEFONT SIZE=?> range 1-7; default 3


Physical Formatting -- author specifies text appearance.
Bold <B> </B>
Italic <I> </I>
3.0 Underline <U> </U> not widely implemented yet
3.0 Strike-Through <STRIKE> </STRIKE> can also use <S>
Typewriter <TT> </TT> render in a monospace font
Big <BIG> </BIG> increase the pointsize
Small <SMALL> </SMALL> decrease the pointsize
Subscript <SUB> </SUB>
Superscript <SUP> </SUP>
N1.0 Blinking <BLINK> </BLINK> the most derided tag

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