| HTML Syntax |
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| created by Adam Watts July 2005 |
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Mozilla Firefox |
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Internet Explorer |
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| Support |
Description |
Syntax |
End Tag |
Example |
Example Syntax |
Comments |
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Bold |
<b> |
</b> |
Test text |
<b>Test text</b> |
Use lower-case tags for IE. |
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Italic |
<I> |
</I> |
Test text |
<I>Test text</I> |
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Underline |
<U> |
</U> |
Test text |
<U>Test text</U> |
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Font Color |
<FONT COLOR="(color)"> |
</FONT> |
Test text |
<FONT COLOR="blue">Test text</FONT> |
Can be combined under
<FONT> with similar tags |
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Font Face |
<FONT FACE="(font name)"> |
</FONT> |
Test text |
<FONT FACE="chiller">Test text</FONT> |
Can be combined under
<FONT> with similar tags |
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Big Text |
<BIG> |
</BIG> |
Big Text Tag |
<BIG>Big<BIG>Text</BIG>Tag</BIG> |
Is cumulative, as seen in
example |
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Small Text |
<SMALL> |
</SMALL> |
Small Text Tag |
<SMALL>Small<SMALL>Text</SMALL>Tag</SMALL> |
Is cumulative, as seen in
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Relative Font Sizing |
<FONT SIZE=+#> |
</FONT> |
Test text |
<FONT SIZE=+2>Test Text</FONT> |
Changes relative to base font |
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Blinking Text |
<BLINK> |
</BLINK> |
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<BLINK>Blinking Text</BLINK> |
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Subscript |
<SUB> |
</SUB> |
H2O |
H<SUB>2</SUB>O |
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Superscript |
<SUP> |
</SUP> |
3 x 108 |
3 x 10<SUP>8</SUP> |
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Deleted Text |
<DEL> |
</DEL> |
Test text |
<DEL>Test text</DEL> |
One of several
"strike-out" tags |
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Strikethrough |
<STRIKE> |
</STRIKE> |
Test text |
<STRIKE>Test text</STRIKE> |
2.0 strikeout standard |
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Strikethrough |
<S> |
</S> |
Test text |
<S>Test text</S> |
3.0 strikeout standard |
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HTML Ignore |
<XMP> |
</XMP> |
<U>Test text</U> |
<XMP><U>Test text</U></XMP> |
HTML code is printed instead of
interpreted by browser |
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Comment |
<?--xxx--> |
none |
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<?--Comment--> |
Comments are only seen in source
code, not printed by browser |
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Centered Text |
<CENTER> |
</CENTER> |
Text |
<CENTER>Text</CENTER> |
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Scrolling Marquee |
<MARQUEE LOOP="infinite"> |
</MARQUEE> |
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<marquee
loop="infinite">WARNING!!!</marquee> |
Arguments in example:
BGCOLOR="(color)" and WIDTH="#" |
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Function |
ƒ |
none |
ƒ(5) = 25 |
ƒ(5) = 25 |
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Greek Capital Letter |
&(Letter); |
none |
Δ |
Δ |
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Greek Lowercase Letter |
&(letter); |
none |
δ |
δ |
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Pi |
π |
none |
π |
π |
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Micro (lowercase mu) |
µ |
none |
µ |
µ |
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Cumulative Sum (sigma) |
∑ |
none |
∑ |
∑ |
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Bullet |
• |
none |
• List |
• List |
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Alef Symbol |
ℵ |
none |
ℵ |
ℵ |
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Arrows |
&xarr; |
none |
↑←↓→↵↔ |
↑←↓&rarr↵↔ |
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Double Arrows |
&xArr; |
none |
⇑⇐⇓⇒⇔ |
⇑⇐⇓⇒⇔ |
⇒ is also the
"implies" symbol |
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"for all" Symbol |
∀ |
none |
∀ |
∀ |
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Partial Differential |
∂ |
none |
∂ |
∂ |
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"there exists" symbol |
∃ |
none |
∃ |
∃ |
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Empty/Null Set |
∅ |
none |
∅ |
∅ |
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Nabla |
∇ |
none |
∇ |
∇ |
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"element of" symbol |
∈ |
none |
∈ |
∈ |
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"not an element of" |
∉ |
none |
∉ |
∉ |
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"contains as member" |
∋ |
none |
∋ |
∋ |
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Radical Sign |
√ |
none |
√ |
√ |
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"proportional to" |
∝ |
none |
∝ |
∝ |
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Infinity symbol |
∞ |
none |
∞ |
∞ |
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Angle |
∠ |
none |
∠B |
∠B |
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Integral |
∫ |
none |
∫ |
∫ |
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"therefore" symbol |
∴ |
none |
∴ |
∴ |
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"varies with / similar to" |
∼ |
none |
∼ |
∼ |
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"almost equal to" |
≈ |
none |
≈ |
≈ |
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"not equal to" |
≠ |
none |
≠ |
≠ |
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"equivalent to" |
≡ |
none |
≡ |
≡ |
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"less-than or equal to" |
&le |
none |
≤ |
&le |
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"greater-than/equal to" |
≥ |
none |
≥ |
≥ |
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Vector product |
⊗ |
none |
⊗ |
⊗ |
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Perpendicular |
⊥ |
none |
⊥ |
⊥ |
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"much greater than" |
» |
none |
100».01 |
100».01 |
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"much less than" |
« |
none |
.01«100 |
.01«100 |
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Degree symbol |
° |
none |
98.6° |
98.6° |
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"one-fourth" fraction |
¼ |
none |
2¼ |
2¼ |
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"one-half" fraction |
½ |
none |
1½ |
1½ |
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"three-fourths" fraction |
¾ |
none |
3¾ |
3¾ |
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Plus/Minus symbol |
± |
none |
10±5% |
10±5% |
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0 with a slash |
Ø |
none |
APØ |
APØ |
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Using <FONT> tag |
<FONT style="background-color:(color)"> |
</FONT> |
highlighted text |
<FONT
style="background-color:yellow">text</FONT> |
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Using <SPAN> tag |
<SPAN style="background-color:(color)"> |
</SPAN> |
highlighted text |
<SPAN
style="background-color:yellow">text</SPAN> |
Newer standard |
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Hyperlink |
<A HREF="(URL)"> |
</A> |
Fermi Lab |
<A HREF="https://www.fnal.gov">Fermi
Lab</A> |
Note: adding
target="_blank" argument will open a new window |
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Email Hyperlink |
<A HREF="mailto:(address)"> |
</A> |
Mail
this page's keeper |
<A HREF="mailto:awatts@fnal.gov">Mail this
page's keeper</A> |
Note: example uses
?subject=(subject) after address to force mail subject |
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