Less Known HTML Tags

Here is a list of useful but may not be widely known HTML tags.

abbr or acronym

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<abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr> 

HTML

bdo

bdo reverses the text.

<bdo dir="rtl">Hello, World!</bdo>

Hello, World!

q

q tag wrap the text with double quotes.

<q>This is a quote</q>

This is a quote

sup

Super scripts.

x<sup>2</sup> + y<sup>2</sup>

x² + y²

sub

Sub scripts.

x<sub>2</sub> + y<sub>2</sub>

x₂ + y₂

del or strike

Both mark the text with the cross line.

<del>Text marked as del</del>
<strike>Text marked as strike</strike>

Text marked as del
Text marked as strike

em

em is the same as I, making the text italic.

blockquote

<blockquote cite="https://codingforspeed.com">Some Text Quoted from another source</blockquote>

Some Text Quoted from another source

strong

strong is the same as B which makes the font in bold.

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