Name
small — HTML 4.01 | HTML5
Synopsis
<small> . . . </small>
Renders the type smaller than the surrounding text. Use of this element should be avoided in favor of style sheets for controlling font size.
Notes
This element has been redefined in HTML5 to represent “small print” (e.g., for legal notes).
Start/End Tags
Required/Required
Attributes
Core, Internationalization, Events, HTML5 Global Attributes
Example
<p><small>Copyright 2010, O'Reilly Media</small></p>
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