Learning HTML 3.2 by Examples, section 5 Descriptions of HTML 3.2 tags:

B - bolding

Purpose

To present text in a boldface font.

Typical rendering

Bolded. See general notes on rendering markup.

Basic syntax

<B>text</B>

Possible attributes

None.

Allowed context

Text container, i.e. any element that may contain text elements. This includes most HTML elements. In particular, text elements can be nested.

Contents

Text elements. Notice that this disallows e.g. paragraph breaks.

Examples

Example B-1.html:

In the main menu of the program, one letter, usually the
initial, of each word is in bold face, e.g. <B>s</B>ave.
This indicates the letter that can be used as a shortcut.

Example B-2.html:

<P>In mathematics, vectors are usually denoted with boldface
letters like <B>x</B>.</P>
<P>When presenting computer source programs in printed form,
one often uses boldface for reserved words like <B>int</B> in C.</P>

Notes

Avoid using B; use logical markup instead. In particular, for emphasis use EM or STRONG.

See general notes on text markup, which provide additional examples.



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