HTML considers paragraphs to be blocks of text. Browsers do their best to fit the contents of paragraphs into the window, unless the NOWRAP or NOBR attribute is explicitly specified.
Within a paragraph, all spaces, tabs, and line breaks each count as a single space.
To place text in blocks, the pair of tags <p> and </p> is used. This tag can include any of the previously mentioned atributes.
Line breaks (skipping from one line to the next) are created using the <br/> tag.
The <hr> is used for inserting a horizontal line.
| Tag | Attribute | Visual Effect |
| <br/> | line break | |
| <p> and </p> | paragraph | |
| <hr size=5 width=20% align=left> | SIZE WIDTH ALIGN |
Tags which are used to indent text are called containers.
| Container | Visual Effect |
|---|---|
| <blockquote> and </blockquote> | Indented text |
| <address> and </address> | For writing contact information |
| <note> and </note> | |
| <fn> and </fn> | |
| <banner> and </banner> | |
| <pre> and </pre> | For writing preformatted text; keeping spaces, line breaks, and tabs intact |
