<small>

HTML <small> (Small Text) Tag

Example

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

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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>

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;
}

Related Tags:

<a>,
<abbr>,
<b>,
<bdi>,
<bdo>,
<br>,
<cite>,
<code>,
<data>,
<dfn>,
<em>,
<i>,
<kbd>,
<mark>,
<q>,
<rp>,
<rt>,
<ruby>,
<s>,
<samp>,
<span>,
<strong>,
<sub>,
<sup>,
<time>,
<u>,
<var> and
<wbr>