Purpose
To present text in a large font.
Typical rendering
Larger than normal font.
See general notes on rendering markup.
Basic syntax
<BIG>text</BIG>
Possible attributes
None.
Allowed context
Text container, i.e.
any element that may contain text elements.
This includes most HTML elements. In particular,
text elements can be nested.
Contents
Text elements.
Notice that this disallows e.g. paragraph breaks.
Examples
Example BIG-1.html:
That was a <BIG>big</BIG> mistake!
Notes
Avoid using BIG; use logical markup instead.
In particular, for emphasis use
EM or STRONG.
See general notes on text markup, which
provide additional examples.
It is unspecified what happens if BIG elements are nested;
it might or might not result in using a font which is larger than
you get with a single BIG.
The FONT element may provide more alternatives for
specifying different font sizes.
Date of last update:
2010-12-16.