HTML <big> Tag
This tag is not supported in HTML5, use CSS font-size property.
Description
The <big> HTML element increases the font size by one compared to plain text. In HTML, the font size is measured in arbitrary units from 1 to 7, the average text size used by default is 3. Thus, the addition of <big> increases the text by one arbitrary unit. Nested <big> elements are allowed, and the font size will be larger with each level.
Properties
- Permitted Parents
- Any element that accepts phrasing content
- Content
- Inline and text
- Start/End Tags
- Start tag: required, End tag: required
Example
This text is going to get <big>bigger</big>Attributes
None
Global Attributes
None
Event Attributes
None
Browser Support
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Last updated by CSSPortal on: 6th December 2019
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