Language References

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Renders text in boldface type

HTML 2, 3.2, 4, 4.01, 5

HTML Syntax

<b
   class = classname
   id = value
   style = css properties
   title = text
   event = script
>

The B element represents a span of text to which attention is being drawn for practical purposes.

Most browsers render text within <b> tags in boldface by default.

Authors can use the class attribute on the <b> element, though, to convey additional semantic information as needed. This makes it easier to manage multiple use cases of the <b> element.

For example, notice that <b> tags within the pages in this workshop render in darkgreen, and maroon within code sample snippets.

The <b> element has no attribute of its own, but supports global attributes common to all HTML elements.

NOTE: Both start and end tags are required.

<p>This paragraph has <b>some bold text</b>.</p>

This paragraph has some bold text.

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