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HTML Physical Phrase Markup Summary

Physical Phrase Markup (Physical Highlighting):

B, BDO, BIG, BLINK, FONT, I, MARQUEE, NOBR, S, SMALL, SPAN, SUB, SUP, TT, U

Usage:                <NAME>...(</NAME>)
Can Contain:       characters, character highlighting, A, APPLET, BR, IMG,
                           BASEFONT, MAP, SCRIPT, INPUT, SELECT, TEXTAREA
Can Be Inside:    ADDRESS, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, CENTER, DIV, FORM, PRE,
                          DD, DT, LI, P, TD, TH, Hn,
                          A, CAPTION, character highlighting
Attributes:           none (except for BDO, FONT, MARQUEE--see below)

B - <B>boldface</B>. This is boldface text.
BDO - <BDO DIR="ltr">Bi-directional Override Element</BDO>. This is bi-directional override element Right to Left ("rtl") text. Default is Left to Right ("ltr").
BIG - <BIG>Text with Enlarged Font</BIG>. This is bigger text.
BLINK - <BLINK>blinking text</BLINK>. This is blinking text. Netscape Navigator only.
FONT - <FONT COLOR="red" SIZE="+2">selected text font size and color</FONT>. This is COLOR="red" and SIZE="+2" font text.
I - <I>italics</I>. This is italics text.
MARQUEE - <MARQUEE>scrolling marquee</MARQUEE>. This is scrolling marquee text. Internet Explorer only.
NOBR - <NOBR>no line break</NOBR>. This is no line break text.
S - <S>Strike-Through</S>. This is ~~strike through~~ text.
SMALL - <SMALL>Text with Reduced Font</SMALL>. This is small text.
SPAN - This is <SPAN>stylesheet-specified styling</SPAN> text.
SUB - <SUB>Subscript</SUB>. This is _subscript text.
SUP - <SUP>Superscript</SUP>. This is ^superscript text.
TT - <TT>Fixed-Width Typewriter Font</TT>. This is fixed-width font text.
U - <U>underline</U>. This is underlined text.

B Element: <B>boldface</B>
B marks a text block to be rendered in boldface. Lynx uses underline.

BDO Element: <BDO DIR="ltr">Bi-directional Overide Element</BDO>
BDO is text-level markup that marks a section of text for bi-directional override. DIR is a mandatory attribute for BDO. Examples:

Left-to-Right example: <BDO DIR="ltr">left-to-right>/BDO> text--left-to-right.
Right-to-Left example: <BDO DIR="rtl">right-to-left>/BDO> text--right-to-left.

Attributes for BDO are the same as attributes for Q

BIG Element: <BIG>Text with Enlarged Font</BIG>
BIG marks text that should be rendered, when possible, with a font slightly larger than the font of the surrounding text. Enclosed images are not effected. BIG is ignored if a larger font is not available. BIG is equivalent to a FONT element with <FONT SIZE="+1">. Note that BIG is not allowed inside PRE.

BLINK Element: <BLINK>blinking text</BLINK>
(Netscape Navigator Only) BLINK marks the enclosed text as blinking--browsers generally flash this text on and off. BLINK affects only enclosed text, and has no effect on enclosed images, FORM input elements (although regular text inside a FORM can be rendered as blinking), or list item markers (bullets, numbers, etc.).

FONT Element: <FONT>selected text font size and color</FONT>
FONT marks text that should be rendered in modified color, size, or font face. FONT has no effect on enclosed IMG elements. FONT is not allowed in PRE

Attributes
- SIZE="+number", "-number" or "number" Specifies the desired font size for the text, either as an absolute size ("number") or as a size relative to the size of the surrounding font--"+number" for a bigger font, "-number" for a smaller font. Absolute font sizes range from 1 (the smallest) to 7 (the largest), with the default value being 3. Examples:
  - <FONT>default FONT SIZE>FONT>: default FONT SIZE
  - <FONT SIZE=1>smallest FONT SIZE=1>FONT>: smallest FONT SIZE=1
  - <FONT SIZE=7>biggest FONT SIZE=7>FONT>: biggest FONT SIZE=7
  - <FONT SIZE=+2>two sizes bigger FONT SIZE=+2>FONT>: two sizes bigger FONT SIZE=+2
  - <FONT SIZE=-1>one size smaller FONT SIZE=-1>FONT>: one size smaller FONT SIZE=-1
- COLOR="#rrggbb" or "color"
- FACE="string". Examples: FACE="Arial", "Times", "Arial,helvetica,times,Arial black", etc.

I Element: <I>italics</I>. Example: italics

MARQUEE Element: <MARQUEE>A Scrolling Text Marquee</MARQUEE> (Internet Explorer only)
Usage:                <MARQUEE>...(</MARQUEE>)
Can Contain:       characters
Can Be Inside:    Unspecified; probably: ADDRESS, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, CENTER, DIV, FORM, MULTICOL, PRE,
                          DD, DT, LI, P, TD, TH, Hn,
                          A, APPLET, NOEMBED, OBJECT, CAPTION, character highlighting
Attributes:           ALIGN, BEHAVIOR, BGCOLOR, DIRECTION, HEIGHT, HSPACE, LOOP,
                          SCROLLAMOUNT, SCROLLDELAY, VSPACE, WIDTH

MARQUEE denotes a text string to be scrolled horizontally on the display; the content of the element is the text to be scrolled.

Attributes

ALIGN="top", "middle", "bottom" (optional) Specifies the alignment of the text following MARQUEE with the marquee itself.
BEHAVIOR="scroll", "slide", "alternate" (optional)
- "scroll": Default. The text should start from beyond one margin (left or right) and scroll completely across to the other margin, and disappear completely.
- "slide": The text should start from beyond one margin (left or right) and scroll onto the screen until it touches the other margin, whereupon it should cease scrolling.
- "alternate": The text should bounce back and forth between the left- and right-hand margins of the MARQUEE.
BGCOLOR="#rrggbb", "color" (optional) Specifies the background color for the marquee.
DIRECTION="left", "right" (optional) Default is "left". Scroll from "left" to right or from "right" to left.
HEIGHT="number", "number%" (optional) Specifies the height (in pixels, or percentage of the display window height) of the marquee.
HSPACE="number" (optional) Specifies the margin, in pixels, to leave to the left and right of the MARQUEE. Default is 0.
LOOP="number", "infinite" (optional) Specifies the number of times the marquee will loop before stopping. The values LOOP="-1" or LOOP="infinite" cause the marquee to loop forever. Default is "-1".
SCROLLAMOUNT="number" (optional) Specifies the number of pixels between subsequent redraws of the marquee text--a large value yields a marquee that jumps rapidly across the screen, while a small value yields smoothly scrolled text.
SCROLLDELAY="number" (optional) Specifies the time delay, in milliseconds, between subsequence redraws of the marquee text--a small value results in a rapidly scrolling marquee.
VSPACE="number" (optional) Specifies the margin, in pixels, to leave above and below the MARQUEE. Default is 0.
WIDTH="number", "number%" (optional Specifies the width (in pixels, or percentage of the display window width) of the marquee.

Examples:

<MARQUEE ALIGN="top" BEHAVIOR="scroll" BGCOLOR="red" DIRECTION="left"
HEIGHT="50" HSPACE="10" LOOP="-1" SCROLLAMOUNT="50" SCROLLDELAY="10000"
VSPACE="10" WIDTH="50%" ;>Marquee Text</MARQUEE>
Marquee Text

<MARQUEE ALIGN="middle" BEHAVIOR="scroll" BGCOLOR="blue" DIRECTION="right"
HEIGHT="50" HSPACE="10" LOOP="-1" SCROLLAMOUNT="100" SCROLLDELAY="1000"
VSPACE="10" WIDTH="50%" ;>Marquee Text</MARQUEE>
Marquee Text

<MARQUEE ALIGN="bottom" BEHAVIOR="scroll" BGCOLOR="yellow"
HEIGHT="50" HSPACE="10" SCROLLDELAY="100"
VSPACE="10" WIDTH="50%" ;>Marquee Text</MARQUEE>
Marquee Text

<MARQUEE BEHAVIOR="slide" BGCOLOR="green"
HEIGHT="50" HSPACE="10"
VSPACE="10" WIDTH="50%" ;>Marquee Text</MARQUEE>
Marquee Text
<MARQUEE BEHAVIOR="alternate" BGCOLOR="gray"
HEIGHT="50" HSPACE="10"
VSPACE="10" WIDTH="50%" ;>Marquee Text</MARQUEE>
Marquee Text

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NOBR Element: <NOBR>No Line Break</NOBR>
Usage:                <NOBR>...(</NOBR>)
Can Contain:       Unspecified; probably: characters, character highlighting,
                           A, BASEFONT, BR, IMG, MAP, NOSCRIPT, SCRIPT, SPACER, WBR,
                           INPUT, SELECT, TEXTAREA
                           APPLET, EMBED, NOEMBED, OBJECT
Can Be Inside:    Unspecified; probably: ADDRESS, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, CENTER, DIV, FORM, MULTICOL,
                          DD, DT, LI, P, TD, TH, Hn,
                          A, APPLET, NOEMBED, OBJECT, CAPTION, character highlighting
Attributes:           none

NOBR marks a block of text that cannot contain line breaks.

Examples:
- <P>This is a long paragraph with NOBR practice. <NOBR>NO LINE BREAK HERE.
  NO LINE BREAK HERE. NO LINE BREAK HERE. NO LINE BREAK HERE. NO LINE BREAK
  HERE.</NOBR>
  Line break can start here. Line break can start here. Line break can start here.
  </P>
  This is a long paragraph with NOBR practice. NO LINE BREAK HERE. NO LINE BREAK HERE. NO LINE BREAK HERE. NO LINE BREAK HERE. NO LINE BREAK HERE. Line break can start here. Line break can start here. Line break can start here.

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S Element: <S>Strike-Through</S>. Example: ~~strike-through~~

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SMALL Element: <SMALL>Text with Reduced Font</SMALL>
SMALL marks text that should be rendered, when possible, with a font slightly smaller than the font of the surrounding text. Enclosed images are not effected. SMALL is ignored if a smaller font is not available. SMALL is equivalent to a FONT element with <FONT SIZE="-1">. Note that SMALL is not allowed inside PRE.

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SPAN Element: This is <SPAN>stylesheet-specified styling</SPAN> text.

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SUB Element: <SUB>Subscript</SUB>
SUB marks text that should be rendered as a subscript relative to the preceding text. The content of a SUB may also be rendered in a smaller font, if possible. This is an unsafe element for browsers that do not support it, since subscripted text will be incorrectly presented by a browser that does not understand SUB. Example: CaCO<SUB>3</SUB>: CaCO₃
Note that SUB is not allowed inside PRE

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SUP Element: <SUP>Superscript</SUP>
SUP marks text that should be rendered as a superscript relative to the preceding text. The content of a SUP may also be rendered in a smaller font, if possible. This is an unsafe element for browsers that do not support it, since subscripted text will be incorrectly presented by a browser that does not understand SUP. Example: x<SUP>2</SUP>: x²
Note that SUP is not allowed inside PRE

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TT Element: <TT>Fixed-Width Typewriter Font</TT>
TT marks a section to be rendered with a fixed-width typewriter font. Example: <TT>Fixed-Width Typewriter Font</TT>: Fixed-Width Typewriter Font

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U Element: <U>underline</U>. Example: underline

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