Study Guide: Web Design - Emphasizing Text

If you'd like to emphasize a word or section, use the emphasis tag <EM>. Most browsers will display emphasized text as italic. Here's an example:

He couldn't believe the dog was <EM> laughing </EM>.

Another emphasis tag is the strong tag <STRONG> which usually displays text in bold face. For example:

Turn <STRONG> left </STRONG> at the stop sign.

Exercise: Choose some text in your page to emphasize and add the <EM> tag to your page. Likewise, make some text <STRONG>. Save your file, then look at the results in a browser. (You may need to refresh or reload!)