B - Bold

Appearance:	<B> </B>
Attributes:	None.
Contents:	TT, I, B, U, STRIKE, BIG, SMALL, SUP, SUB, EM, STRONG, DFN, CODE, SAMP, KBD, VAR, CITE, A, IMG, FONT, APPLET, BR, SCRIPT, MAP, INPUT, SELECT, TEXTAREA and plain text.
May occur in:	BODY, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, P, LI, DT, DD, DIV, CENTER, BLOCKQUOTE, FORM, TD, TH, PRE, ADDRESS as well as TT, I, B, U, STRIKE, BIG, SMALL, SUP, SUB, EM, STRONG, DFN, CODE, SAMP, KBD, VAR, CITE, A, IMG, FONT, APPLET, BR, SCRIPT, MAP, INPUT, SELECT, TEXTAREA and plain text.

B is used to indicate that the enclosed text must be rendered in a bold typeface. It must be rendered distinct from I-italics text.

If you want to indicate strong emphasis, use the STRONG element instead. B should only be used when you want bold typeface for some other reason than to denote strong emphasis. While the two tags usually produce the same output, the B tag does not provide any reasons why the enclosed text is in boldface. This means an indexer or text-only browser cannot pick a good alternative. With STRONG this is possible.

Notes:

Putting large blocks of text in boldface makes the text hard to read.

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