MMDT1021 Chapter 4 Notes

MMDT1021 Chapter 4 Notes - page 1

Making Text Bold or Italic

Code	Result
`Text before <b>This is in bold</b> Text After`	Text before This is in bold Text After
`Text before <i>This is in italics</i> Text After`	Text before This is in italics Text After
`Text before <b><i>This is in italics and bold</i></b> Text After`	Text before *This is in italics and bold* Text After

Note the proper use of nesting in the above example. <i> is an inner block to <b>.

Changing the Text Size

Using the FONT tag.

Code	Result
`Text before <font size="1">Size 1 text</font> Text after`	Text before Size 1 text Text after
`Text before <font size="+1">1 size larger text</font> Text after`	Text before 1 size larger text Text after

To see more about the FONT tag, click here.

Using BIG and SMALL.

`Text before <big>1 size larger text</big> Text after`	Text before 1 size larger text Text after
`Text before <small>1 size smaller text</small> Text after`	Text before 1 size smaller text Text after
`Text before <small><small>2 sizes smaller text</small></small> Text after`	Text before 2 sizes smaller text Text after

Using a Monospaced Font

A proportionally spaced font is a font where character widths on the page are change depending on how much space a character requires.

llllllllll These are 10 lower case "l" characters.
WWWWWWWWWW These are 10 upper case "W" characters.

A monospaced font is a font where character widths are constant, regardless of the character used.

llllllllll These are 10 lower case "l" characters.
WWWWWWWWWW These are 10 upper case "W" characters.

Code	Result
`Normal text<br> <code>Code text</code>`	Normal text `Code text`
`Normal text<br> <kbd>Keyboard text</kbd>`	Normal text `Keyboard text`
`Normal text<br> <samp>sample text</samp>`	Normal text `Sample text`
`Normal textlt;br> <tt>Typewriter text</tt>`	Normal text `Typewriter text`