HTML Paragraphs

What are HTML Paragraphs?

The HTML <p> element defines a paragraph. A paragraph always starts on a new line, and browsers automatically add some white space (a margin) before and after a paragraph.

Basic Paragraph

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph.</p>

Line Breaks

Use the <br> tag to insert a line break without starting a new paragraph:

<p>This is a line.<br>This is a new line.</p>

Text Formatting

You can format text within paragraphs using various HTML elements:

<p>This is <strong>bold</strong> text.</p>
<p>This is <em>italic</em> text.</p>
<p>This is <mark>highlighted</mark> text.</p>
<p>This is <small>small</small> text.</p>
<p>This is <del>deleted</del> text.</p>
<p>This is <ins>inserted</ins> text.</p>
<p>This is <sub>subscript</sub> and <sup>superscript</sup> text.</p>

Preformatted Text

The <pre> element preserves both spaces and line breaks:

<pre>
This text
    preserves    spaces
and line breaks.
</pre>

Horizontal Rule

The <hr> tag creates a horizontal line to separate content:

<p>First section</p>
<hr>
<p>Second section</p>