---
title: Em Tag
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## Em Tag

The `<em>` tag is used to *emphasize* text in an HTML document. This can be done by wrapping the text you would like to be emphasized in an `<em>` tag and an `</em>` tag respectively. Most browsers will render text wrapped in an `<em>` tag as italicized.

Note: The `<em>` tag should not be used to stylistically italicize text. The `<em>` tag is used to stress emphasis on text. Typically, CSS formatting is used to stylistically italicize text.

### Example:
```
<body>
  <p>
    Text that requires emphasis should go <em>here</em>.
  </p>
</body>
```

#### More Information:
- [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/em)
- [em tag: w3schools](https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_em.asp)
- [em tag: htmlreference.io](http://htmlreference.io/element/em/)
