
Let's make four preliminary observations:

The next lines use the <pre> attribute:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are in italics: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are in bold: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are (supposed to be) underlined: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are (supposed to be) overstriked:ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are (supposed to be) blinking (old):

The next lines use the <BLOCKQUOTE> attribute:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are in italics:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are in bold:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are (supposed to be) underlined:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are (supposed to be) overstriked:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are (supposed to be) blinking (old):

The next lines are standard:
Physical types:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are in italics:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are in bold:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are (supposed to be) underlined:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are (supposed to be) overstriked:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are (supposed to be) blinking (old):
Logical types:
The following letters are in <cite> (citation, typically rendered as italic):
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are in <code> (example of code; typically rendered as monospaced):
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are in <em> (typographic emphasis; typically rendered as italics):
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are in <kbd> (text typed by a user; typically rendered as monospaced):
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are in <samp> (sequence of literal characters; typically rendered as monospaced):
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are in <strong> (strong typographic emphasis; typically rendered as bold):
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are in <tt> (Typetype, text be rendered in fixed-width font):
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz
The following letters are in <var> (variable name; typically rendered as italic):
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz

Directory list (supposed to be on several columns but commonly unimplemented).


Note: according to Composing good HTML, this modifier is now obsolete and <pre> should be used instead
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<h2>Thel's Motto </h2>
<dl> <dd> Does the eagle know what is in the pit?
<dd> Or wilt thou go ask the mole?
<dd> Can wisdom be put in a silver rod?
<dd> Or love in a golden bowl?
</dl>
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