Why <big> is not in HTML 5 Tag list while <small> is?

Jitendra Vyas picture Jitendra Vyas · Feb 14, 2010 · Viewed 25.9k times · Source

Shouldn't both be removed? Or does it mean we should use <small>? Why is <big> removed but <small> is not? What is the problem with <big> which does not apply to <small>?

http://www.w3schools.com/html5/html5_reference.asp

Answer

Chuck picture Chuck · Feb 14, 2010

Remember, the tags are meant to be semantic, not presentational. There is such a thing in English as "fine print". This is what the small tag represents. There is no analogous concept of "big print" except for a header, which is already covered by seven other tags.