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Text Tags

Headers

<h1> . . . </h1> Most prominent header
<h2> . . . </h2>
<h3> . . . </h3>
<h4> . . . </h4>
<h5> . . . </h5>
<h6> . . . </h6> Least prominent header

Logical Styles

Emphasis : <em> . . . </em>
Stronger emphasis : <strong> . . . </strong>
Display source code (also HTML code) : <code> . . . </code>
Include sample output : <samp> . . . </samp>
Display a keyboard key : <kbd> . . . </kbd>
Display a definition: <var> . . . </var>
Display a citation : <cite> . . . </cite>

Physical Styles

Boldface : <b> . . . </b>
Italics : <i> . . . </i>
Underline : <u> . . . </u>
Typewriter font : <tt> . . . </tt>

Text Elements

A New paragraph : <p>

Pre-formatted text: <pre> . . . </pre>
Identifies text that has already been formatted
some other system and must be displayed as is.
Pre-formatted text may include embedded tags,
but not all tag types are permitted.

Examples (source code): <xmp> . . . </xmp>
Similar to <pre> except no embedded tags will be recognized.

Quoted text: <blockquote> . . . </blockquote>