Appart from the comments already made on this question, you may also use q and qq, for example:

print qq{<font face = "courier"> blah blah </font>};
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You should use qq if you want the variables on the script to expand, like in:

$name = 'Roberto';
print qq{<font face = "courier"> name = $name </font>};
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And q if you don't need variable expansion.

<classical see also>
perldoc perlop
and search for "Regexp Quote-Like Operators".
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God bless you
rruiz