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HTML HTML Basics Images, Text and Links Text Level Elements Challenge

Posted by Munashe Chimhavi
Munashe Chimhavi
8,314 Points

Use the element that displays text in italic to add emphasis to the words "HTML Basics".

i used <em> tag</em> to italicize

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html>
  <head>
    <title>HTML Text</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p>Mike's favorite course is 
      <em>HTML Basics</em>
    </p>
    <p>
      <strong><br><em> Mike T. Frog</em></strong></br>
      100 Lilypad Way<br>
      Portland, OR 97227
    </p>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Spear Mangashoti
Spear Mangashoti
3,359 Points
Spear Mangashoti
Spear Mangashoti
3,359 Points

Hie Munashe.

To italicize text in HTML we use <i> Your text </i> . em is used as a unit of measurement.

Hope this helps.

Enjoy coding.

Spr

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points

That's not quite true. The <em> element is used in HTML5 to stress emphasis on its content which appears in italics.

Take out the use of <em> where you've used it in the second paragraph. That's not needed and is probably why the code challenge is failing. Good luck! :-)