HTML <em> Tag

<p>Normal text <em>emphasized text</em></p>

Meaning

The <em> inline element emphasized text, which many browsers will display as italic text.

Typically this element is displayed in italic type. However, it should not be used to apply italic styling; use the CSS font-style property for that purpose.

Version: HTML 2, 3.2, 4, 4.01, 5

Standard Syntax

<em>text</em>

Browser Support

Status

Global Attributes

<em> element also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

Event Attributes

<em> element also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

By Default CSS Value(s)

Most of the browsers will display the <em> element with the following by default value(s)

em {
	font-style: italic;
}