Text Formatting
A handful of inline tags change how text is presented, and each one carries real meaning beyond its default appearance.
Example 1: strong vs. em
<p>This word is <strong>critically important</strong>.</p>
<p>This word needs <em>emphasis</em> when read aloud.</p><strong> makes text bold and signals it's genuinely
important; <em> italicizes text for emphasis. Browsers
render them as bold/italic by default, but their real job is
meaning, not appearance — a screen reader actually changes tone
of voice for them. If you just want text to look bold with no
real emphasis intended (a stylistic choice, not meaning), that's a job
for CSS's font-weight property instead.
Example 2: line breaks and dividers
<p>123 Main Street<br>Lagos, Nigeria</p>
<hr>
<p>Text after the divider.</p><br> forces a line break within the same
paragraph — useful for something like an address, where lines are related
but not separate ideas. <hr> draws a horizontal
divider line, typically used to mark a thematic break between sections of
content.