<big>: The Bigger Text element

Deprecated: This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

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 any more. 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
HTML Standard (HTML)
# big

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
big
Yes
12
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Yes
Yes

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/big