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

TT - teletype (monospaced) text

Purpose

To present text in a monospaced font.

Typical rendering

Monospaced font. See general notes on rendering markup.

Basic syntax

<TT>text</TT>

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 TT-1.html:

Compare <TT>monospaced font</TT> with normal font.

Notes

Avoid using TT; use logical markup instead, e.g. CODE or SAMP.

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



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