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the HTML5 <figure> tag

Posted at — Jun 15, 2019

The <figure> element defines so-called “self-contained” content, like illustrations, diagrams, photos, code listings, etc.

Part of the “new school” of element tags, <figure> marks up explicit art, as opposed to other imagery that might be part of the UI chrome, or the site theme, separate from the content.