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Usage

HTML 5 says, "The b element represents a span of text to be stylistically offset from the normal prose without conveying any extra importance, such as key words in a document abstract, product names in a review, or other spans of text whose typical typographic presentation is boldened."

Browser compatibility

Compatibility table legend

| Test | IE8 | IE7 | IE6 | FF3 | FF2 | Saf3 | Op9 | Chrome | |:---------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:---------|:--------|:-----------| | appears in DOM | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | | applies style | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |

Further reading

• The b element in HTML 5
• The b element in HTML 4
• The b element on MSDN
• The history of the b element on blooberry.com