HTML em tag

Example

Mark up emphasized text in a document:

<p>You <em>have</em> to hurry up!</p>

<p>We <em>cannot</em> live like this.</p>

You have to hurry up!

We cannot live like this.

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.

Global Attributes

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

Event Attributes

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

Default CSS Settings

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

Example

em {
font-style: italic;
}