HTML tags use <b> and <i> tags for text formatting to bold or italic text. These tags are called formatting tags. Below is a complete reference for formatting tags.
<b> Defines bold text
<i> Defines italic text
<u> Defines underlined text
<small> Defines smaller text
<strong> Defines important text, same as <b>
<sub> Defines subscripted text
<sup> Defines superscripted text
<del>
Defines deleted text<samp>Defines sample computer code
<code>
Defines computer code<kbd> Defines keyboard text
<abbr> Defines an abbreviation or acronym
<address>
Defines contact information for the author/owner of a document<blockquote>
Defines a section that is quoted from another source
<cite> Defines a title of a work
<dfn> Defines a definition term