HTML em tag

Mark up emphasized text in a document

Definition and Usage

The <em> tag is used to define emphasized text. The content inside is typically displayed in italic.

A screen reader will pronounce the words in <em> with an emphasis, using verbal stress.

Browser Support

Element
<em> Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Global Attributes

The <em> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

Event Attributes

The <em> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

Related Pages

HTML tutorial: HTML Text Formatting

HTML DOM reference: Emphasized Object

Default CSS Settings

Most browsers will display the <em> element with the following default values:

Example

em {
  font-style: italic;
}