HTML big Tag

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

The <big> tag in HTML was used to increase the font size of text by one level compared to the surrounding text.

However, it has been deprecated in HTML5. Instead, it's advisable to use CSS for styling text sizes.
Instead, it's advisable to use CSS for styling text sizes.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<body>
    <p>This is paragraph text</p>

    <big>This is big Tag text</big>
</body>

</html>

Syntax

<big> Text line </big>

Alternative of <big> Tag

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<body>
    <p>This is normal paragraph text</p>
    <div style="font-size:40px; ">
        style font using css properties
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Related article: CSS Font Size

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