HTML <big> Big Tag
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Published: 2021-02-13 10:47:12

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title: HTML <big> Big Tag
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Normally, the **font size in HTML** is measured in conventional units from **1 to 7** , and the **default size is 3**. The **<big>** tag in HTML is used to **increase the selected text size** by one size bigger than the surrounding text.

**Note** : The <big> tag is a **deprecated HTML tag** , and it is **not available in HTML 5**.

The **<big>** tag is placed within the **<body>** tag. This tag will make the text size larger, however the increased text **cannot be larger than the maximum font size** of the browser.

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## Syntax:

In HTML, the big tag contains both an **opening <big> tag** and **closing </big> tag**.

```

<big> text </big>

```

## Sample of the HTML <big> Tag:

```

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>HTML Big Tag</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p>This is the default size of the paragraph</p>
    <p><big>This is the larger text. </big></p>
  </body>
</html>

```

## Result:

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Result-13.png)<figcaption>Result</figcaption>

The <big> tag is **forbidden** in updated version of HTML. So instead of the <big> tag, you can use the **[CSS](https://sharepointanchor.com/category/learn-css/ "CSS") font-size property** to make the text bigger.

### Sample of the font-size property:

```

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      p {
        font-size: 16px;
      }
      span {
        font-size: 19px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p>
      This text is normal size.<br>
      <span> This text is bigger.</span>
    </p>
  </body>
</html>

```

### Result:

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Result-2-2.png)<figcaption>Result</figcaption>

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## Attributes:

Only the **Global Attributes** apply to the <big> tag. There are no attributes that are specific to the <big> tag in HTML.

## Styling Methods for <big> Tag:

You can use the following **[CSS](https://sharepointanchor.com/learn-css/)** properties to style an [HTML](https://sharepointanchor.com/category/learn-html/) big tag.

### Properties to style the visual weight/emphasis/size of the text in <big> tag:

- **CSS font-style** – This CSS property helps to set the font style of the text such as normal, italic, oblique, initial, inherit.
- **CSS font-family** – This CSS property specifies a prioritized list of one or more font family names or generic family names for the selected element.
- **CSS font-size** – This CSS property will help to set the size of the font.
- **CSS font-weight** – This CSS property used to define whether the font should be bold or thick.
- **CSS text-transform** – This CSS property will control the text case and capitalization.
- **CSS test-decoration** – This CSS property specifies the decoration added to text such as **text-decoration-line** , **text-decoration-color** , **text-decoration- style**.

### Styles to coloring the text in <big> Tag:

- **CSS color** – This CSS property will specify the color of the text content and decorations.
- **CSS background-color** – This CSS property helps to set the background color of an element. 

### Text layout styles for <big> Tag:

- **CSS text-indent** – This CSS property is used to specify the indentation of the first line in a text block.
- **CSS text-overflow ** – This CSS property helps to describe how overflowed content that is not displayed should be signaled to the user.
- **CSS white-space** – This CSS property describes how white-space inside an element is handled.
- **CSS word-break**  – This CSS property decides where the lines should be broken.

### Other Properties for <big> Tag:

- **CSS text-shadow**  – This CSS property helps to add the shadow to text.
- **CSS text-align-last**  – This CSS property will set the alignment of the last line of the text.
- **CSS line-height** – This CSS property defines the height of a line.
- **CSS letter-spacing** – This CSS property helps to decide the spaces between letters/characters in a text.
- **CSS word-spacing** – This CSS property specifies the spacing between every word.

## Browser Support:

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Browser-Support-3.png)<figcaption>Browser Support</figcaption>

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