Some basic text formatting tags are shown in the table below together with an example and any comments about the tag.

Tag	Gives You...	Comments
<B>	Bold text.	Needs closing tag
<I>	Italic text	Needs closing tag
<U>	Underlined text	Needs closing tag
<TT>	Teletype mono spaced text	Needs closing tag
<CODE>	Code text	Needs closing tag
<CITE>	Citation text	Needs closing tag
<STRONG>	Strong text	Needs closing tag
<EM>	Emphasised text	Needs closing tag
<SAMP>	Sample text	Needs closing tag
<KBD>	Keyboard text	Needs closing tag
<VAR>	Variable text	Needs closing tag
<ADDRESS>	Address text	Needs closing tag
<BLINK>	Blinking text	Needs closing tag (Netscape Specific)
<H1> - <H6>	H1   to H6	Header text can be H1, H2, H3, H4, H5 or H6 going up in size (Needs closing tag).

Tag	About
<FONT>	Used to format text giving it colour, size and fonts.

The <FONT> tag can also have the attributes: face="font name", size="number" and color="colour".

Text Positioning

Tag	Gives You...
<p>	Defines a new paragraph. (Needs no closing tag normally but may sometimes require it).
<DIV>	Defines a division. (Needs closing tag).
<CENTER>	Aligns text between the tags to the center. (Needs closing tag).
<BR>	Breaks the line (Starts new line). (Needs no closing tag).

The <P> tag can also have the attribute align="left, right or center".

The <DIV> tag can also have the align="left, right or center".