How do I make text bold in HTML?

Question

I\'m trying to make some text bold using HTML, but I\'m struggling to get it to work.

Here\'s what I\'m trying:

Some text th         


        

Answer 1

HTML doesn't have a tag, instead you would have to use . Note however, that using is discouraged in favor of CSS for a while now. You would be better off using CSS to achieve that.

The tag is a semantic element for strong emphasis which defaults to bold.