7. HTML Phrase Tags ~ KAS4UAll

The phrase tags have been designed for specific purposes, though they are displayed in a similar way as other basic tags like , ,

, and , you have seen in previous 
chapter. This chapter will take you through all the important phrase 
tags, so let's start seeing them one by one.

Emphasized Text

Anything that appears within ... element is displayed as emphasized text.

Example



Emphasized Text Example


The following word uses a emphasized typeface.

This will produce following result:

The following word uses a emphasized typeface.

Marked Text

Anything that appears with-in ... element, is displayed as marked with yellow ink.

Example



Marked Text Example


The following word has been marked with yellow

This will produce following result:

The following word has been marked with yellow.

Strong Text

Anything that appears within ... element is displayed as important text.

Example



Strong Text Example


The following word uses a strong typeface.

This will produce following result:

The following word uses a strong typeface.

Text Abbreviation

You can abbreviate a text by putting it inside opening and closing
tags. If present, the title attribute must contain this full description and nothing else.

Example



Text Abbreviation


My best friend's name is  Abhy.

This will produce following result:

My best friend's name is Abhy.

Acronym Element

The element allows you to indicate that the text between and tags is an acronym.
At present, the major browsers do not change the appearance of the content of the element.

Example



Acronym Example


This chapter covers marking up text in XHTML.

This will produce following result:

This chapter covers marking up text in XHTML.

Text Direction

The ... element stands for Bi-Directional Override and it is used to override the current text direction.

Example



Text Direction Example


This text will go left to right.


This text will go right to left.

This will produce following result:

This text will go left to right.
This text will go right to left.

Special Terms

The ... element (or HTML Definition Element) allows you to specify that you are introducing a special term. It's usage is similar to italic words in the midst of a paragraph.
Typically, you would use the element the first time you introduce a key term. Most recent browsers render the content of a element in an italic font.

Example



Special Terms Example


The following word is a special term.

This will produce following result:

The following word is a special term.

Quoting Text

When you want to quote a passage from another source, you should put it in between

...

tags.
Text inside a

element is usually indented from the left and right edges of the surrounding text, and sometimes uses an italicized font.

Example



Blockquote Example


The following description of XHTML is taken from the W3C Web site:




XHTML 1.0 is the W3C's first Recommendation for XHTML, following on from earlier work on HTML 4.01, HTML 4.0, HTML 3.2 and HTML 2.0.

This will produce following result:

The following description of XHTML is taken from the W3C Web site:

XHTML 1.0 is the W3C's first Recommendation for XHTML, following on from earlier work on HTML 4.01, HTML 4.0, HTML 3.2 and HTML 2.0.

Short Quotations

The ... element is used when you want to add a double quote within a sentence.

Example



Double Quote Example


Amit is in Spain, I think I am wrong.

This will produce following result:

Amit is in Spain, I think I am wrong.

Text Citations

If you are quoting a text, you can indicate the source placing it between an opening tag and closing
tag As you would expect in a print publication, the content of the element is rendered in italicized text by default.

Example



Citations Example


This HTML tutorial is derived from W3 Standard for HTML.

This will produce following result:

This HTML tutorial is derived from W3 Standard for HTML.

Computer Code

Any programming code to appear on a Web page should be placed inside ... tags. Usually the content of the

 element is presented in a
 monospaced font, just like the code in most programming books.

Example



Computer Code Example


Regular text. This is code. Regular text.

This will produce following result:

Regular text. This is code. Regular text.

Keyboard Text

When you are talking about computers, if you want to tell a reader to enter some text, you can use the ... element to indicate what should be typed in, as in this example.

Example



Keyboard Text Example


Regular text. This is inside kbd element Regular text.

This will produce following result:

Regular text. This is inside kbd element Regular text.

Programming Variables

This element is usually used in conjunction with the

and elements to indicate that the content of that element is a variable.

Example



Variable Text Example


document.write("user-name")

This will produce following result:

document.write("user-name")

Program Output

The ... element indicates sample output from a program, and script etc. Again, it is mainly used when documenting programming or coding concepts.

Example



Program Output Example


Result produced by the program is Hello World!

This will produce following result:

Result produced by the program is Hello World!

Address Text

The

...

element is used to contain any address.

Example



Address Example



388A, Road No 22, Jubilee Hills -  Hyderabad

This will produce following result:

388A, Road No 22, Jubilee Hills - Hyderabad

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