HTML Headings

March 09, 2008

Headlines, titles and subtitles

HTML headings are used for headlines, titles and subtitles similar to newspapers. They come in 6 different tags from most important/largest to least important/smallest: h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6. You should use h1 only once per page as headline while the others can be used as reasonably often as you like.

HTML heading:

  • <h1>h1 is the really big headline and should only be used once</h1>
  • <h2>h2 is also big and makes good titles</h2>
  • <h3>h3 makes great subtitles</h3>
  • <h4>h4 is used now and then</h4>
  • <h5>h5 isn't used all that much</h5>
  • <h6>h6 isn't used all that much</h6>

Display:

h1 is the really big headline and should only be used once
h2 is also big and makes good titles
h3 makes great subtitles
h4 is used now and then
h5 isn't used all that much
h6 isn't used all that much