Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
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Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.


Back to the Linguistics 114 home page
The URL of this page is: http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/html.sample.html
Last change 2/19/01 John Lawler

Samples of HTML codes



(Note: Multiple spaces and multiple lines in the source file are ignored.)

Examples of various type sizes:

This is <H1>

This is <H2>

This is <H3>

This is <H4>

Now we're back to ordinary-size type. All type can be made italic, boldface, or boldface italic.

The marker <b> or <B> starts boldface, and the marker </b> or </B> ends it.

The marker <i> or <I> starts italic, and </i> or </I> ends it.

Use both together: <i><b> to do bold italic; and close both (in either order) </b></I> to end it.

(This all assumes you know why you'd want to use either one, of course;
knowing how to use HTML is not a substitute for knowing how to write.)

HTML is very handy for making lists. There are several types:

  1. This is an "ordered list", using numbers.
  2. The HTML marker to begin an ordered list is <OL>
  3. Unsurprisingly, the marker to end it is </ol>
  4. Each numbered item starts with <li> (for "List Item")
  5. You don't have to put in the number
  6. Not only that, you can't change it. Numbering is automatic.
There is also a "Directory List", which is useful for defining terms, and various other situations where you might want two levels of indentation.
The HTML marker to begin a Directory list is <DL>
... and it ends with </dl>
There are two types of item codes:
  1. <DT>, which stands for "Directory Term"
  2. <DD>, which stands for "Directory Definition"
Note that a Directory list doesn't look like a list;
<DT> skips a line, but doesn't indent, and doesn't make a blank line, while
<DD> skips a line and indents; if you happen to have a very long line (like this one) that would wrap around, the new line is lined up indented.
The <DD> mark was intended to be a "definition" of the term,
but it's good for lots of other things.
Netscape's "Bookmark" list is an HTML file, formatted using <DL>;
most of the "Hot List" pages on the Web started off being bookmark files.
There is no automatic "bullet" with list items in a Directory List, but

All of the marks above are just text formatting commands -- the sort of thing any wordprocessor does; but the real power of HTML, and the Web generally, lies in HyperText, that is, the ability to link one page to another so that it becomes a "hot link". These are the blue, underlined text pieces that you click on. They're called "anchors" in HTML, and they use the <A ...> ... </A> marker.

A link like the following one to my home page: John Lawler looks like this in HTML:

<A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/">John Lawler</A>

Any URL can be linked this way. Clicking on it will go to that page, just as if you had typed it into Netscape, or "opened" it from a menu.