b

Form

<b> ... </b>

Attributes

attribute default description
id none specifies the unique ID
class none specifies the style sheet class
style none specifies the style sheet

Support

HTML 2, HTML 3.2, HTML 4.01 [STF], XHTML 1.0 [STF], XHTML 1.1
Microsoft (MSDN)
[IE3 or later][Firefox 1 or later][Safari 1 or later][Opera 3 or later][Netscape 2 or later]

Explanation

The b tag makes text bold.
In earlier versions than Safari 2 forMacOS X, this tag doesn't work for japanese typeface.

Related Tags

i__, s__, strike, tt_, u__

Sample Code [Output]

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=shift_jis">
<title>Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Sample</h1>
<p>
You can make a text <b>bold</b>.
</p>
</body>
</html>

Reference

Make a text bold using CSS (Cascading Style Sheet)