<b>

The <b> tag is used to highlight text by making it bold (it's called b for bold 🇺🇸).

Unlike other tags such as <strong>, the <b> tag does not add any particular meaning to the content; it is purely stylistic.

It is suitable for cases where you simply want to visually differentiate a portion of text without indicating that it is particularly important. 😉

Structure and syntax of the <b> tag

Basic structure and syntax

The <b> tag is a container tag (it works in pairs) that surrounds the text you want to make bold. It has:

• an opening tag <b>;
• and a closing tag </b>.

Usage examples

For example, this text will be entirely in bold:

<b>This text is bold.</b>

But it is also possible to adjust the tags so that they only make certain parts of a paragraph bold:

<p>This <b>text</b> is partially <b>bold</b>!</p>

Give it a try yourself! 😋

Attributes

The <b> tag has no specific attributes. However, like all HTML tags, it can accept classic attributes (for example, the class, id, and style attributes).

Browser compatibility

The <b> instruction is compatible with all browsers.