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Renders text in a fixed-width font.

HTML 2, 3.2, 4, 4.01 Deprecated

HTML Syntax

<tt
   class = classname
   id = value
   style = css_style_rules
   title = text
>

NOTE: Both start and end tags are required.

The tt element displays a portion of text in teletype style font.

The element is similar in function to the <code>, <kbd> and <samp> elements, that render text in the browser’s default fixed-width font.

tt is used for inline formatting. For sections of code samples where block formatting is important, use the <pre> element to preserve the space characters and line breaks used in the code structure.

NOTE: This element has been deprecated and is no longer recommended.

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

The following shows how the tt element may be used.

<p>This paragraph has <tt>some plain text</tt>.</p>

which would render on a Web page as

This paragraph has some plain text.

CODE   KBD   PRE   SAMP   XMP