Text Support

    This page will allow you to test a browser's/navigator's compliance with the final draft of HTML 3.2 text markup tags.
    Well-designed Web client software will not "break" when it encounters an unknown tag, it will just ignore it.


    Please visit the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) page for a look at the proposed HTML 3.2 specification.

    Text alignment

      Besides the ALIGN=CENTER attribute for <P> and header tags, text, tables, inline images, etc. all content within a page can be centered using the <CENTER> tag.

      Example:

      Regular text.
      Centered text.

    Horizontal Rule

      HTML 3.2 adds the ALIGN=LEFT|CENTER|RIGHT, NOSHADE, SIZE, and WIDTH attributes for the basic horizontal rule tag; <HR>

      Examples:

      <HR NOSHADE>


      <HR SIZE=3>

      (specifies a vertical thickness of 3 applied to the horizontal rule)



      <HR WIDTH=75%>

      (specifies the width of the horizontal rule) *notice alignment defaults to center



      <HR WIDTH=75% ALIGN=right>

      (alignment of the partial horizontal rule to the specified parameter)



    List tags

      The proposed HTML 3.2 specification includes several new attributes.

      List definitions, for both ordered and unordered lists, can be found in either the <UL> or the <LI> tags.
      Type definitions for unordered lists consist of disc, circle, and square.

      Type definitions for ordered lists consist of I for roman numerals, A for uppercase alphabet, a for lowercase alphabet, or 1 for the default numbering system.

      Ordered lists can begin at a specific point in a listing scheme with the START attribute.
      No matter which definition type is used, the START only accepts a number. If the type is 'I' and START=3, then the first element will show 'III'; if the type is 'a' and START=6, then the first element will be 'f' and so on.

      Examples:

      Unordered Lists:
      • type = disc
        (Sample output: type = disc)
      • type = circle
        (Sample output: type = circle)
      • type = square
        (Sample output: type = square)
      Ordered Lists:
      1. start=5, type=A
        (Sample output: E. start=5, type=A)
      1. start=3, type=a
        (Sample output: c. start=3, type=a)
      1. start=9, type=I
        (Sample output: IX. start=9, type=I)

    Additional supported text styles:

      <BIG>...</BIG>
      plain text big text plain text

      <SMALL>...</SMALL>
      plain text small text plain text

      <SUP>...</SUP>
      plain text superscript text plain text

      <SUB>...</SUB>
      plain text subscript text plain text

      <STRIKE>...</STRIKE>
      plain text strike through text plain text

      What the above would render as:


    BASEFONT Tag

      <BASEFONT SIZE=3>

      base text size

      <FONT SIZE=+1>
      relative text

      <FONT SIZE=-1>
      relative text

    DIV Tag (document division)


      This tag is used to specify document division so that separate alignments can be used in different parts of the document.

      default right justified text

      centered text after the DIV ALIGN tag

      regular default right justified text again

    Color:

      The listing below shows a color in hex format with its name counterpart:
      • #00FFFF Aqua
      • #000000 Black
      • #0000FF Blue
      • #FF00FF Fuchsia
      • #808080 Gray
      • #008000 Green
      • #00FF00 Lime
      • #800000 Maroon
      • #000080 Navy
      • #808000 Olive
      • #800080 Purple
      • #FF0000 Red
      • #C0C0C0 Silver
      • #008080 Teal
      • #FFFFFF White
      • #FFFF00 Yellow
      [Image of the above colors.]

    Font colors & sizes:

      Text within documents can have color attributes as well as altering the size of the text.
      • <FONT COLOR=olive>example</FONT>
        example
      • <FONT COLOR=lime SIZE=+3>example</FONT>
        example
      What the above would render as:
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