12. Text

This chapter features text-level semantics that are unique to HTML5.

Of these, you will probably find yourself using the new figure and figcaption the most, since they address a common content convention (a figure with a caption, surprise!) for which X/HTML lacks dedicated elements.

This chapter’s counterpart is Chapter 5; together they detail all the text-level elements available to you when developing HTML5 documents and applications.

figcaption

Caption for a figure

Syntax

image

Attributes

HTML5 Only: Global

Description

The figcaption element represents the caption or legend for a figure element’s contents. It might be a brief photo ...

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