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Literature Text
Legend:
Codes with this green symbol can be used to: comments, deviation description, journal, user page widgets, dA forum.
Codes with this yellow symbol can be used to: deviation description, journal, user page widgets.
Bold Text:
<b> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </b>
<strong> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </strong>
Italic Text:
<i> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </i>
<em> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </em>
Underlined Text:
<u> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </u>
Strikethrough Text:
<s>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </s>
<strike>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </strike>
<del>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </del>
Small Text:
<small> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </small>
* This code doesn't work in the "literature" submission!!!
Code Text:
<code>
<tt> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </tt>
Text in Subscript:
<sub> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </sub>
Text in Superscript:
<sup> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </sup>
Text with Blockquote:
<blockquote>
Line Separator:
<hr> </hr>
this line
↓
Heading Text:
<h1>
<h2>
<h3>
<h4>
<h5>
<h6>
Bulleted List:
<ul>
<li>Pizza</li>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Water</li>
<li>Cigarettes</li>
</ul>
= = = = = = = = =
Numbered List:
<ol>
<li>Pizza</li>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Water</li>
<li>Cigarettes</li>
</ol>
= = = = = = = = =
Text Alignment:
* This code doesn't work in the "literature" submission!!!
Text Font:
<font face="Arial">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Arial Black">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Comic Sans MS">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Courier New">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Georgia">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Impact">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Lucida Console">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Palatino Linotype">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Tahoma">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Times New Roman">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Trebuchet MS">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Verdana">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
Text Size:
<font size="1">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font size="2">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font size="3">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font size="4">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font size="5">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font size="6">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font size="7">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
Text Acronym or Abbreviation:
<acronym title="deviantART"> dA </acronym>
<abbr title="deviantART"> dA </abbr>
* move the mouse on the word "dA"!!!
Text with Link:
<a href="fav.me/d4e27hn"> Journal Skin-Less </a>
<a href="www.lastfm.it/user/caska1979"> caska's Last.fm </a>
*Is a link to click on it!!!
Avatar Link:
or :iconNAMEGROUP:
* This code doesn't work in the "literature" submission!!!
User Link:
username or :devNAMEGROUP:
* This code doesn't work in the "literature" submission!!!
Embed Thumbs and Big Thumbs:
:thumbNUMBERS: (the codes "thumb" are to the right of the deviations)
:bigthumbNUMBERS: (to get the big thumbs add "big" among the first ":" and "thumb", this only works in journals and widgets userpage)
* This code doesn't work in the "literature" submission!!!
Embed External Image:

(delete the address of the image between the "*" and paste an image of another address, the value of "width" and "height" can be changed up to the size you prefer)
* This code only works in journals and widgets userpage
Embed Video:
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Example:
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(DeviantArt Film)
P.S.: Most testo text formats can be COMBINED with each other!



<b> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </b>
<strong> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </strong>

<i> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </i>
<em> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </em>

<u> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </u>

<s>
<strike>
<del>

<small> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </small>
* This code doesn't work in the "literature" submission!!!

<code>
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
</code><tt> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </tt>

<sub> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </sub>

<sup> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz </sup>

<blockquote>
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</blockquote>

<hr> </hr>
this line
↓

<h1>
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
</h1><h2>
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
</h2><h3>
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
</h3><h4>
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
</h4><h5>
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
</h5><h6>
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
</h6>
<ul>
<li>Pizza</li>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Water</li>
<li>Cigarettes</li>
</ul>
= = = = = = = = =
- Pizza
- Coffee
- Water
- Cigarettes

<ol>
<li>Pizza</li>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Water</li>
<li>Cigarettes</li>
</ol>
= = = = = = = = =
- Pizza
- Coffee
- Water
- Cigarettes

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
</div>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
</div>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
</div>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
</div>* This code doesn't work in the "literature" submission!!!

<font face="Arial">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Arial Black">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Comic Sans MS">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Courier New">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Georgia">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Impact">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Lucida Console">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Palatino Linotype">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Tahoma">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Times New Roman">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Trebuchet MS">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font face="Verdana">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>

<font size="1">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font size="2">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font size="3">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font size="4">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font size="5">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font size="6">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>
<font size="7">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</font>

<acronym title="deviantART"> dA </acronym>
<abbr title="deviantART"> dA </abbr>
* move the mouse on the word "dA"!!!

<a href="fav.me/d4e27hn"> Journal Skin-Less </a>
<a href="www.lastfm.it/user/caska1979"> caska's Last.fm </a>
*Is a link to click on it!!!


* This code doesn't work in the "literature" submission!!!

username or :devNAMEGROUP:
* This code doesn't work in the "literature" submission!!!

:thumbNUMBERS: (the codes "thumb" are to the right of the deviations)
:bigthumbNUMBERS: (to get the big thumbs add "big" among the first ":" and "thumb", this only works in journals and widgets userpage)
* This code doesn't work in the "literature" submission!!!


(delete the address of the image between the "*" and paste an image of another address, the value of "width" and "height" can be changed up to the size you prefer)
* This code only works in journals and widgets userpage

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Example:
(YouTube)
(Vimeo)
(DeviantArt Film)

Playing With Text in dA [Semi-Tutorial] UPDATED
FONTS ON DEVIANTART
There are several things you can do with dA's text. You can use Italics, Bold, Underline, Strikethrough, and even change font face or font type. However, there aren't many directions on how to do these things. So, I'm going to give you a quick semi-tutorial on how to work these.
These features are easy enough to use once you know what you're doing. You just have to learn tags. You can visit this link to learn about some other common HTML tags.
The Simpleist Tags to Use Are:
< i > to begin italics and < /i > to end the italics
< strong > to begin bold and < /strong > to end the bold
< b > to begin bold and < /b > to end
dA Guide: Text Formatting
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UPDATE for January 2020:
I created this guide in 2011, so you'll have to take it with a grain of salt since dA has updated a bazillion things since then LOL. It now looks like many codes don't work in Literature submissions anymore, (or disable the "Eclipse" version of the site and show the old site instead), so some of the demonstrations here only look like regular text. But they should display properly if you copy/paste them in the comments. I'm so glad to see how many of you wonderful people still utilize this resource, so I wish you the best and encourage you to go ahead and experiment to see what works and what do
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Question: Why is X not working for me?
Answer: I was reading some forums and they were all telling me DeviantArt Eclipse no longer supports HTML Coding in your descriptions. This is why most people can't seem to work things like strikethroughs ( <del>Strikethrough</del> ) and whatnot. No, instead, they tried to integrate all of this into a user interface that is limited and doesn't have some of the things listed above.
Thanks DeviantArt.