Wikipedia:WikiProject User Page Help/Do-It-Yourself/Formatting Text

Here are some tips on how to format your text:

Contents 1 Center-Align 2 Strike Through Text 3 Superscript 4 Subscript 5 Hidden Comment 6 Secondary Headline 7 Tab 8 Font Color 9 Mouse Cursor 10 Links 11 Bolding 12 Italics 13 Underlining 14 Font size 15 Font Families 15.1 List of Fonts

[edit] Center-Align

• To center text, use the following code:

1. Enter <div style="text-align: center;">
2. Then enter your text
3. Finally, enter </div>

• Overall, your code should look like this:

<div style="text-align: center;"> Centered text </div>

• Once you have entered that code, your text will look like this:

[edit] Strike Through Text

• To strike through text, use the following code:

1. Enter a <s> before the text.
2. Enter the text
3. Enter a </s> after the text.

• Overall, your code should look like this:

<s>blah blah blah</s>

• Once you have entered that code, your text will look like this:

blah blah blah

[edit] Superscript

• To insert a superscript, use the following code:

1. Enter a <sup> before the text.
2. Enter the text
3. Enter a </sup> after the text.

• Overall, your code should look like this:

^{blah blah blah}

• Once you have entered that code, your text will look like this:

blah blah blah ^{blah blah blah}

[edit] Subscript

• To insert, use the following code:

1. Enter a <sub> before the text.
2. Enter the text
3. Enter a </sub> after the text.

• Overall, your code should look like this:

_{blah blah blah}

• Once you have entered that code, your text will look like this:

blah blah blah _{blah blah blah}

[edit] Hidden Comment

• To insert a hidden comment, use the following code:

1. Enter a <!-- before the text.
2. Enter the text
3. Enter a --> after the text.

• Overall, your code should look like this:

<!-- blah blah blah-->

• You will not be able to see the text on this page, but it will be seen when you try to edit this page. Hidden text is mostly used for warnings.

[edit] Secondary Headline

• To insert a secondary headline, use the following code:

1. Enter a == before the text.
2. Enter the text
3. Enter a == after the text.

• Overall, your code should look like this:

==blah blah blah==

[edit] Tab

• To insert a tab, use the following code:

1. Enter a :: before the text.

• Overall, your code should look like this:

::blah blah blah

• Once you have entered that code, your text will look like this:

blah blah blah

[edit] Font Color

• To change the color of text, use the following code:

1. Enter a <span style="color: ColorName"> before the text.
2. Choose the color
3. Enter the text
4. Enter a </span> after the text.

• Overall, your code should look like this:

<span style="color: red">blah blah blah</span>

• Once you have entered that code, your text will look like this:

blah blah blah

---

• Another way to do it is:

1. Enter a <font color="ColorName"> before the text.
2. Choose the color
3. Enter the text
4. Enter a </font> after the text.

• Overall, your code should look like this:

<font color="red">blah blah blah</font>

• Once you have entered that code, your text will look like this:

blah blah blah

[edit] Mouse Cursor

• To change the cursor of the mouse when you hover over text, do the following:

1. Enter a <span style="cursor:CURSOR YOU WANT;"> before the text.
2. Choose the cursor, (e.g. crosshair, default)
3. Enter the text
4. Enter a </span> after the text.

• Overall, your code should look like this:

<span style="cursor: crosshair;">blah blah blah</span>

• Once you have entered that code, and you put the mouse over the text, it should have a different mouse cursor:

blah blah blah

[edit] Links

• To make external links look internal, use the following

1. Enter a <span class="plainlinks"><font color="002bb8"> before the text.
2. Enter the external link
3. Enter a </font></span> after the text.

• Overall, your code should look like this:

<span class="plainlinks"><font color="002bb8">[http://example.com external link]</font></span>

• Once you have entered that code, the external link should look like this:

external link

[edit] Bolding

• To make text bold, do the following:

1. Enter 3 apostrophes ''' before the text.
2. Enter the text
3. Enter 3 more apostrophes ''' after the text.

• Overall, your code should look like this:

'''text'''

• Once you have entered that code, the text should look like this:

text

[edit] Italics

• To italiciz text, do the following:

1. Enter 2 apostrophes '' before the text.
2. Enter the text
3. Enter 2 more apostrophes '' after the text.

• Overall, your code should look like this:

''text''

• Once you have entered that code, the text should look like this:

text

[edit] Underlining

• To make underline text, do the following:

1. Enter <u> before the text.
2. Enter the text
3. Enter </u> after the text.

• Overall, your code should look like this:

<u>text</u>

• Once you have entered that code, the text should look like this:

text

[edit] Font size

• To make text a certain size, use the following code:

1. Enter a <font size="4"> before the text.
2. Choose the size
3. Enter the text
4. Enter a </font> after the text.

• Overall, your code should look like this:

<font size="4">blah blah blah</font>

• Once you have entered that code, your text will look like this:

blah blah blah

[edit] Font Families

• To use the following font families, use the codes below:

1. <span style="font-family: (desired font); font-size: 12pt">
2. Enter the font you want
3. Directly after the code, enter your text
4. Enter </span>after the text

So, it should look like:

<span style="font-family: Monotype Corsiva; font-size: 12pt">Blah blah blah</span>

Which will turn out as:

Blah blah blah

[edit] List of Fonts

Font Name:	Example of font:
Agency FB	Example
Algerian	Example
Andale Mono IPA	Example
Arial	Example
Arial Black	Example
Arial Narrow	Example
Arial Rounded MT Bold	Example
Baskerville Old Face	Example
Bauhaus 93	Example
Bell MT	Example
Berlin Sans FB	Example
Berlin Sans FB Demi	Example
Bernard MT Condensed	Example
Blackadder ITC	Example
Bodoni MT	Example
Bodoni MT Black	Example
Bodoni MT Condensed	Example
Bodoni MT Poster Compressed	Example
Book Antiqua	Example
Bookman Old Style	Example
Bradley Hand ITC	Example
Britannic Bold	Example
Broadway	Example
Brush Script MT	Example
Californian FB	Example
Calisto MT	Example
Castellar	Example
Centaur	Example
Century Gothic	Example
Century Schoolbook	Example
Chiller	Example
Colonna MT	Example
Comic Sans MS	Example
Cooper Black	Example
Copperplate Gothic Bold	Example
Copperplate Gothic Light	Example
Courier New	Example
Curlz MT	Example
Edwardian Script ITC	Example
Elephant	Example
Engravers MT	Example
Eras Bold ITC	Example
Eras Demi ITC	Example
Eras Light ITC	Example
Eras Medium ITC	Example
Felix Titling	Example
Footlight MT Light	Example
Forte	Example
Franklin Gothic Book	Example
Franklin Gothic Demi	Example
Franklin Gothic Heavy	Example
Franklin Gothic Medium	Example
Franklin Gothic Medium Cond	Example
Freestyle Script	Example
French Script MT	Example
Garamond	Example
Georgia	Example
Gigi	Example
Gill Sans MT	Example
GulimChe	Example
Impact	Example
Lucida Console	Example
Lucida Handwriting	Example
Marlett	Example
MingLiU	Example
Monotype Corsiva	Example
MS Gothic	Example
MS Hei	Example
MS Outlook	Example
MS Song	Example
Symbol	Example
Tahoma	Example
Times New Roman	Example
Trebuchet MS	Example
Webdings	Example
Wingdings	Example
Wingdings 2	Example
Wingdings 3	Example