HTML Italic Tag

The <i> tag in HTML displays text in an italic style and is mainly used for words or phrases that need a different visual meaning. It often highlights technical terms or foreign words.

• Used for technical terms, important words, or text in another language.
• It is a container tag with an opening tag, content, and a closing tag.
• Does not add semantic importance, only changes the visual appearance of text.
• Can be styled further using CSS for customized italic effects.

Syntax:

// Inline way to make italic text in html file
<i> Now content is Italic </i>

// Use in external style.css file to make italic
i {  
 font-style: italic;
}

Examples of Italic Tag

Demonstrates how the <i> tag and CSS can be used to render text in italics.

Example 1: Illustrating the <i> tag to make the italic text in HTML.

Output:

Example 2: Using <i> tag & <p> tag to illustrate the difference in the text appearance while rendering it.

Output:

Example 3: A text can be written in italics using CSS also. When the CSS font-style property is set to italic, then the text can be seen as follows:

Output:

Usage

Defines when to use the <i> tag for stylistic text without adding semantic importance.

• Use the <i> tag for words that you want to show differently from the normal phrase for readability purposes.
• These semantic elements give contextual significance to text, while <i> primarily focuses on the text's appearance.
• Use <i> tag only when it is not marked up with these elements: <em>, <strong>, <mark>, <cite>, and <dfn>

Note: The <i> tag is also supported by Global attribute and Event Attributes in HTML.