<big> HTML bigger text element
Deprecated
Avoid using this feature in new projects. This feature may be a candidate for removal from web standards or browsers.
The <big> HTML deprecated element renders the enclosed text at a font size one level larger than the surrounding text (medium becomes large, for example). The size is capped at the browser's maximum permitted font size.
Warning:
This element has been removed from the specification and shouldn't be used anymore. Use the CSS font-size property to adjust the font size.
Attributes
This element has no other attributes than the global attributes, common to all elements.
Examples
Here we see examples showing the use of <big> followed by an example showing how to accomplish the same results using modern CSS syntax instead.
Using big
This example uses the obsolete <big> element to increase the size of some text.
HTML
<p>
This is the first sentence.
<big>This whole sentence is in bigger letters.</big>
</p>
Result
Using CSS font-size
This example uses the CSS font-size property to increase the font size by one level.
CSS
.bigger {
font-size: larger;
}
HTML
<p>
This is the first sentence.
<span class="bigger">This whole sentence is in bigger letters.</span>
</p>
Result
DOM interface
This element implements the HTMLElement interface.
Specifications
| Specification |
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| HTML # big |