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  1. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"
  2.    "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd">
  3. <html lang=en>
  4. <head>
  5. <title>BIG - Large Font</title>
  6. <link rev=Made href="mailto:liam@htmlhelp.com">
  7. <link rel=Start href="../index.html">
  8. <link rel=Glossary href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/glossary/glossary.html">
  9. <link rel=Copyright href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/copyright.html">
  10. <link rel=StyleSheet href="../style.css" type="text/css">
  11. <link rel=StyleSheet href="../aural.css" type="text/css" media=aural>
  12. <meta name="author" content="Liam Quinn">
  13. <meta name="description" content="A description of HTML 4.0's BIG element for large text.">
  14. <meta name="keywords" content="big element, big font, big text, HyperText Markup Language, HTML, HTML4, HTML 4.0, Web Design Group, WDG, <big> tag">
  15. </head>
  16. <body>
  17. <h2><img src="../wdglogo1.gif" width=250 height=83 alt="The Web Design Group"></h2>
  18. <h1>BIG - Large Font</h1>
  19. <table>
  20.   <tr valign=top>
  21.     <th>Syntax</th>
  22.     <td><strong class=required><BIG></strong>...<strong class=required></BIG></strong></td>
  23.   </tr>
  24.   <tr valign=top>
  25.     <th>Attribute Specifications</th>
  26.     <td>
  27.       <ul>
  28.         <li><a href="../attrs.html">common attributes</a></li>
  29.       </ul>
  30.     </td>
  31.   </tr>
  32.   <tr valign=top>
  33.     <th>Contents</th>
  34.     <td><a href="../inline.html">Inline elements</a></td>
  35.   </tr>
  36.   <tr valign=top>
  37.     <th>Contained in</th>
  38.     <td><a href="../inline.html">Inline elements</a>, <a href="../block.html">block-level elements</a> except <a href="../block/pre.html">PRE</a></td>
  39.   </tr>
  40. </table>
  41. <p>The <strong class=html>BIG</strong> element suggests that text be rendered in a <em>larger font</em>. In most cases, use of a structural element such as <strong class=html><a href="../phrase/strong.html">STRONG</a></strong> or a heading (<abbr title="for example"><i lang=la>e.g.</i></abbr>, <strong class=html><a href="../block/h3.html">H3</a></strong>) is more appropriate since these elements express the <em>meaning</em> of the text more clearly. One can suggest that <strong class=html>STRONG</strong> text be rendered in a larger font with the following <a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/">Cascading Style Sheet</a>:</p>
  42. <p class=example><code class=css>STRONG { <a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/font/font-size.html">font-size</a>: larger }</code></p>
  43. <p class=note>Most browsers support nested BIG elements, but authors should be wary of making significant changes to the font size. Different users have different font sizes, eyesight, and window sizes. Large changes in font size may look right to the author but ridiculous to some users.</p>
  44. <h2>More Information</h2>
  45. <ul>
  46.   <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/present/graphics.html#edef-BIG">BIG in <abbr class=initialism title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> HTMLá4.0 Recommendation</a></li>
  47.   <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html32#font-style">BIG in <abbr class=initialism title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> HTMLá3.2 Recommendation</a></li>
  48.   <li><a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/font/big.html">BIG in <abbr class=initialism title="Web Design Group">WDG</abbr> HTMLá3.2 Reference</a></li>
  49.   <li><a href="http://www.hut.fi/u/jkorpela/HTML3.2/5.9.html">BIG in <cite>Learning HTMLá3.2 by Examples</cite></a></li>
  50. </ul>
  51. <div class=footer>
  52. <address>Maintained by <a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/">Liam Quinn</a> <<a href="mailto:liam@htmlhelp.com">liam@htmlhelp.com</a>></address>
  53. <p class=toolbar><a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/"><img src="../wdglogo-small.gif" width=105 height=40 alt="Web Design Group ~"></a> <a href="../index.html" rel=Start>HTMLá4.0áReference</a>á~ <a href="../olist.html">ElementsábyáFunction</a>á~ <a href="../alist.html">ElementsáAlphabetically</a></p>
  54. <p class=copyright><a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/copyright.html">Copyright ⌐</a> 1998 Liam Quinn. All rights reserved.</p>
  55. </div>
  56. </body>
  57. </html>
  58.