HTML Web Design Tutorial #7

Formatting Text with Paragraphs & Horizontal Rules

When reading from a computer monitor, it's much easier when the text is separated into smaller blocks that skip a whole line in between. By placing each paragraph into its own block of space, readers will be less likely to lose their place, and more likely to stay at your website, since large fields of text tend to scare visitors away.

The most common block container for text is the paragraph tag set: <p>&</p>. It's actually being used right now to separate the paragraphs you're reading on this web page. We'll see how to use this tag set in part 7.

We'll also see how to add a couple of horizontal rules, <hr>, like the one directly above this paragraph. Horizontal rules are basically just lines you can use to separate sections of your web page. To begin this next lesson, click on the play button below.

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