# Introduction In East Asian typography, ruby text is a small text annotation usually placed above or to the right of a character. This text provides the pronunciation or translation of the character. Ruby text is an important component of ruby annotation in HTML. In this lab, you will learn how to create ruby annotations using the HTML `<rt>` tag. > Note: You can practice coding in `index.html` and learn [How to Write HTML in Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/html). Please click on 'Go Live' in the bottom right corner to run the web service on port 8080. Then, you can refresh the **Web 8080** Tab to preview the web page.
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