Description: various tags that alter how text looks.
emphisizing text(EM)
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the em tag emphaisizes the text it surrounds, and is similar to italicizing.
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strong text
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the strong tag renders text with strong emphasis, much like using boldface.
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DFN, or definitions
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this tag is used at first mention when a term is defined, and renders text as italics.
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CODE
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displays the enclosed text in a monospace font, as sample computer code. Unlike the PRE tag, the CODE tag does not affect the handling of white space within the enclosed text, nor does it introduce a "block" or paragraph-like boundry.
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SAMP
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SAMP, much like CODE, causes text to appear in a monospace font. It is used to indicate character strings literally, or to indicate that text output is from a program or script.
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KBD, or keyboard text
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KBD does the same thing as SAMP or CODE; displays text in a monospace font. It is meant to be used for text representing an example of a user's typed input.
CODE is typically used only by specialized books such as software manuals.
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Teletype Text
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T(eletype)T(ext) is just like CODE, KBD, or SAMP. Yet another monospaced font.
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VAR, or variable
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This tag is used to indicate a variable name or program argument. Often used for indicating a placeholder value when text must be input by a user. This text is enclosed in VAR tags, and looks just like text enclosed by I(talic) or EM tags.
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U, or underline
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This tag is used to underline text, which it should have just done.
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INS, or Insert
Insert is meant to indicate inserted text, such as might be found after an update on a website or in a new edition of a book. In the MS Reader, it renders identically to the U tag, underlining the inserted text. Insert is a MS Reader tag; for it to work, a .lit file must be created as non-OEB.
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This text is nested between INS tags, which means it should be underlined, as this .lit file was created as a non-OEB file.
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CITE
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The CITE tag is used to indicate that the enclosed text is a bibliographic citation, such as a book or magazine title. An example would be if I mentioned HTML: The Definitve Guide. Another example would be Vogue. CITE usually italicizes text.
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Big
This tag makes the enclosed text one font size larger than the current or default font size. Remember that the text you're reading right now is the standard text size, so now you know what the starting size is.
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one size larger
two sizes larger
three sizes larger
four sizes larger
five sizes larger
six sizes larger
seven sizes larger
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Small
This tag makes the enclosed text one font size smaller than the current or default font size. Again, you're currently reading standard sized text.
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one size smaller
two sizes smaller
three sizes smaller
four sizes smaller
five sizes smaller
six sizes smaller
seven sizes smaller
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B(old)
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The Bold tag works just like the Strong tag, and makes the enclosed text bold-faced.
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S and S(trike)
The S tag and the Strike tag perform the same function as the DEL(ete text) tag; both render the enclosed text with a line through it. This text is enclosed in (s) tags, and has a little line drawn through it, while this text is enclosed in (strike) tags. It also has a little line drawn through it. Isn't that clever?
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