The History of HTML
The designing of websites has evolved dramatically since the inception of HTML in 1989. When the World Wide Web first launched, websites were purely content-based with no design elements whatsoever. Websites would often look very similar to each other, with a blank white background, and a black serif font.
One of the most common fonts that can be found on the web is Times New Roman, as Microsoft had packaged this font with its operating systems starting from Windows 3.1.
An example of a very simple website is shown below. Note that some code has been removed for brevity.
Here is a title.
Here is a piece of text in a paragraph.
There are no design elements here.
<!DOCTYPE ... >
<html xmlns ... >
<head>
<title>Title goes here</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Here is a title.</h1>
<p>Here is a piece of text in a paragraph.</p>
<p>There are no design elements here.</p>
</body>
</html>