HTML <small> (Small Text) Tag

<p>This is <small>small</small> text</p>

Meaning

The <small> inline element renders the enclosed text one font size smaller than a document’s base font size, unless it is already set to the smallest size.

This element is equivalent to using font-size: smaller; CSS property.

The <small> tag can be used multiple times to decrease the size of text to a greater degree. Using more than six <small> tags together doesn’t make sense because browsers only support relative font sizes from 1 to 7 or, in CSS, from xx-small to xx-large.

Version: HTML 3.2, 4, 4.01, 5

Standard Syntax

<small>...</small>

Browser Support

Status

Global Attributes

The <small> element also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

Event Attributes

The <small> element also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

By Default CSS Value(s)

Most of the browsers will display the <small> element with the following by default value(s)

small { 
  font-size: smaller;
}