SMALL - Small Font












SMALL - Small Font


Syntax
<SMALL>...</SMALL>


Attribute Specifications


common attributes




Contents
Inline elements


Contained in
Inline elements, block-level elements except PRE


The SMALL element suggests that text be rendered in a smaller font. Since HTML 4.0 has no element to indicate de-emphasis, SMALL is often useful for this purpose. For example:
<P><SMALL>Copyright © 1998 Liam Quinn. All rights reserved.</SMALL></P>
Most browsers support nested SMALL elements, but this practice should be avoided. Since different users have different font sizes and eyesight, significant changes in font size can leave text too small to read even though it may look fine to the author.
Using style sheets in place of SMALL provides greater flexibility in changing the presentation. The previous example could also be marked up as follows:
<P CLASS=copyright>Copyright © 1998 Liam Quinn. All rights reserved.</P>
This could then be linked to the following style sheet:
.copyright {
font-size: smaller;
text-align: center
}

@media aural {
.copyright { volume: soft }
}
More Information

SMALL in W3C HTML 4.0 Recommendation
SMALL in W3C HTML 3.2 Recommendation
SMALL in WDG HTML 3.2 Reference
SMALL in Learning HTML 3.2 by Examples


Maintained by Liam Quinn <[e-mail]>
HTML 4.0 Reference ~ Elements by Function ~ Elements Alphabetically
Copyright © 1998 Liam Quinn. All rights reserved.