The <big> tag was discontinued in HTML5 while <small> tag is still in handy because <small> tag is frequently used to represent small prints like footnotes, copyright notices, comments etc. Many alternatives for <big> tag are already available such as <h1>, <h2> and so on. In HTML5 instead of using <big>, you can use CSS to create larger texts.
<big> Tag: The HTML <big> tag makes the one size bigger font in the HTML document. Small is converted to medium, medium is converted to large and similarly large is converted to x-large.
Syntax:
<big> Text... </big>
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
font-weight: bold;
color: green;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
This is normal text:
<div>GeeksforGeeks</div>
<br></br>
This is bigger text:
<div><big>GeeksforGeeks</big></div>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
<small> Tag: The HTML <small> tag defines smaller text. It makes text one font smaller than the available text. x-large is converted to large, large is converted to medium, and similarly medium is converted to small.
Syntax:
<small> Text... </small>
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
font-weight: bold;
color: green;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
This is normal text:
<div>GeeksforGeeks</div>
<br></br>
This is smaller text:
<div><small>GeeksforGeeks</small></div>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
The <big> and <small> tags have the following browser support:
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Internet Explorer
- Opera
- Safari
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