TAG:  em
<em> ... </em>
 
The em tag is used to provide emphasis when displaying the enclosed word or phrase. Most browsers do this by rendering the selected text in italics.
 
The i tag also renders in italics (or oblique), or you could use the style sheets font-style property to display in italics.
 
The separate closing tag is mandatory.
 
Attributes and Events
 
class    dir    id    lang    onclick    ondblclick    onkeydown    onkeypress    onkeyup    onmousedown    onmousemove    onmouseout    onmouseover    onmouseup    style    title
 
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "DTD/xhtml-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="eng">
<head>
<title>DevGuru XHTML em Tag Example</title>
</head>
<body>
Did you know that the <b>Guru</b> is over <em>800 years old</em>?
<br />
Did you know that the <b>Guru</b> is over <i>800 years old</i>? </body>
</html>
 
Output:
Did you know that the Guru is over 800 years old?
Did you know that the Guru is over 800 years old?

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