HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
<big></big>
Increases the font size somewhat.
<small></small>
Decreases the font size somewhat.
he
big
element is not in the HTML5 speciication. he
small
element has a
semantic purpose in HTML5: It is the element for marking up the “ine print”
of a document—the disclaimers, legal terms, and conditions that nobody ever
reads.
he
time
element is new with HTML5. Its purpose is to provide machine-
readable publication dates and times of articles and indexes of articles, as
found on the front pages of online magazines and blogs. If a document has
multiple
article
elements, there should be no more than one time element per
article. If a document has no
article
elements, there should be only one
time
element. It provides the publication date and time of the document itself. he
time element's
datetime
attribute holds the machine-readable value, and the
element's content can hold the human-readable version. For example:
<time datetime="2003-03-13">
March 13th
</time>
he
mark
element is also new in HTML5. Its purpose is to highlight words
or phrases in a quotation that were not given emphasis by the quote's author
but that have signiicance in the current context. You would use the
mark
ele-
ment to highlight an important point in quoted text, for example:
<blockquote>
...nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property,
without
<mark>
due process
</mark>
of law;
</blockquote>
Or you would use the
mark
element in a passage copied from a historic or
religious text to indicate phrases where the translation is in dispute among
scholars. he emphasis element used in Example 2.5 could be replaced with
the
mark
element; however, consideration should be given to readers with older
browsers that do not recognize this HTML5 element. You could do this by
using both elements, for example:
...<mark><em>due process</em><mark>...
he
span
element is a general-purpose inline element that is semantically
neutral. It is very useful when given a
class
or
style
attribute:
... wishing you a
<span style="color:red">
Happy Valentine's Day
</span>
