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

Browser compatibility

See also

• CSS: font-size, font
• HTML: <small>, <font>, <style>