HTML pre tag The HTML <pre> tag is used to specify pre formatted texts. Texts within  <pre>.......</pre> tag is displayed in a fixed-width font. Usually it is  displayed in Courier font. It maintains both space and line break. It is widely used to display language examples e.g. Java, C#, C, C++ etc because it displays the code as it is typed. HTML pre tag example <pre>   This is a formatted text    by using the HTML pre tag. It maintains       both space and line break.   </pre>   Output: This is a formatted text by using the HTML pre tag. It maintains both space and line break. HTML pre tag example: Java code within pre <pre>   package com.javaforbegnners.blogspot.in; public class FirstJava{   public static void main(String args[]){   System.out.println("hello java");   }   }   </pre>   Output: f you remove pre tag from the above example, all the text will be displayed in a single line. package com.javaforbegnners.blogspot.in; public class FirstJava{ public static void main(String args[]){ System.out.println("hello java"); } } Output without pre: package com.javatpoint; public class FirstJava{ public static void main(String args[]){ System.out.println("hello java"); } } width attribute The HTML <pre> tag also supports the width attribute. The width attribute specifies the desired width of the pre-formatted text. But, it is not supported in HTML 5.