Character Style
Character styles include physical and logical character styles, and Face,
Size, and Color. The following is character style table.
Type |
Choice |
function |
Physical styles |
<B> |
Make text bold. |
<I> |
Make text italic. |
<U> |
Make text underline. |
<Strike> |
Make text strikethrough. |
<Sup> |
Make text superscript. |
<Sub> |
Make text subscript. |
Teletype |
Make text teletype. |
Logical styles |
<Strong> |
Indicate the text is very important. |
<Em> |
Indicate the text is important. |
<Cite> |
Indicate that the text is from a book or other document. |
<Address> |
Indicate that the text is an address. |
<Dfn> |
Indicate that the text is a definition. |
<Samp> |
Indicate that the text is a sequence of literal characters. |
Keyboard |
Indicate that the text is keyboard input. |
<Var> |
Indicate that the text is a variable. |
<Code> |
Indicate that the text is code. |
Font |
Choice |
Function |
Face |
Default |
Make text display in the default font (Times New
Roman) of the Web browser. |
Family |
Type a list of fonts separated by commas (for example,
Helvetica, Arial, Courier). The text will display in the first listed
font found on the browser's system. |
(Font name) |
Make the text display in the font specified. (If
the font is not available on the browser's system, another font
will be substituted.) |
Size |
1 through 7 (3 is the default) |
Format text with 7 sizes where 7 is the largest size
and 1 is the smallest. |
Increase |
Format text with the largest size (same as 7). |
Decrease |
Format text with the smallest size (same as 1). |
Color |
"#xxxxxx" or: White, Red, Blue and Others |
Make the text a different color. |
The tags below have the effect shown on the text in between.
<U>underlined text</U>
<B>bold text</B>
<I>Italicized text</I>
<BIG>Big text</BIG>
<SMALL>small text</SMALL>
<TT>Monospaced typewriter text</TT>
<BLINK></BLINK>
(Note: This only works on Netscape)
<SUB>This makes a subscript.</SUB>
<SUP>This makes a superscript.</SUP>
<STRIKE>strikeout</STRKE>
<FONT FACE="Arial">
This is a test</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#00FF00">
Text is in the color of Green</FONT>
<FONT SIZE="+2">
This is a test</FONT>
<BASEFONT>
You may use this tag to set default font face, size or color for your
page and save your time of coding. For example:
<basefont face="Arial" size="7" color="red">
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