Name

em — HTML 4.01 | HTML5

Synopsis

<em> . . . </em>

Indicates emphasized text.

Start/End Tags

Required/Required

Attributes

Core, Internationalization, Events, HTML5 Global Attributes

Example

This is <em>exactly</em> what you've been looking for.

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