<strong> and <em>

The <em> element is used to give emphasis to text. Browsers display this text in italics. The <strong> element is used to give strong emphasis to text. Browsers display this as bold text.

This text is emphasiszed

This text is strongly emphasized.

This text is emphasized and strongly emphasized.

<p><em>This text is emphasiszed</em></p>
<p><strong>This text is strongly emphasized.</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>This text is emphasized and strongly emphasized.</em></strong></p>

In older versions of HTML, <b> was used for bold and <i> was used for italics. In XHTML, these have been deprecated, which means that <b> and <i> are outdated. Don't use them.

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