Big

Support Key: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE3A1|M3B2*|N1.1|O2.1]		 What is it?
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Standards Details:
 HTML: In all 4.x DTDs
XHTML: In all 1.0 and 1.1 DTDs
XHTML Modules:
 Presentation
CSS 'display' Type:
 "inline"
CSS Mapping:
 font-size: larger
Default Rendering:
 A larger font size than the default
Official Docs:
 HTML 4.x, XHTML 1.1
What is it?
This element applies a larger size font formatting to text (in relation to the default font size.) It seems to be the HTML 3 answer to the FONT element (introduced by Netscape and Internet Explorer which runs counter to general HTML ideology of divorcing display details from content.) BIG (a virtual style element) and its companion element SMALL answer the needs of having alternate character level elements for controlling font size while also not being specific in HOW to display the contents. HTML 3.2 and 4.0, however, support both font size control mechanisms.

Common Attributes
%Core%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE3|M|N4B2|O3.5]
%Accessibility%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4B1|M|N6|O5]
%Events%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4B1|M|N6B1|O4]
%Language%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4|M|N|O]
%Editing%
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE5.5|M|N|O]
Markup example and Tests
<big>big text</big>
Parent Model
%In-line Parent% | %Block Parent%
Content Model
%In-line Content%
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