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Q&A Why is <small> HTML tag rendered differently in preview?

Sometimes I use the <small> HTML tag to reduce the impact of some collateral part of a text, and in the preview this is nice and dandy. Here is an example from this post on EE.CD (red emphasi...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Lorenzo Donati‭  ·  edited 5mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

#3: Post edited by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2024-06-24T00:47:36Z (5 months ago)
This was fixed at some point as explained in the answer.
#2: Post edited by user avatar Lorenzo Donati‭ · 2023-08-11T07:01:12Z (over 1 year ago)
  • Sometimes I use the <small> HTML tag to reduce the impact of some collateral part of a text, and in the preview this is nice and dandy. Here is an example from [this post on EE.CD](https://electrical.codidact.com/posts/289160/289161#answer-289161) (red emphasis mine):
  • <br>
  • >![text as it appears in post preview](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/q9gygp7b21wej8tabo8w55sphdw6)
  • <br>
  • However I noticed that in the actual post presentation that same text is rendered in a different way, in particular, there is no font size changes:
  • <br>
  • >![text as it appears in rendered post](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/8k7gf893y78m5hvrbrxuc2pns90r)
  • <br>
  • Is this a bug? Does it depend on my browser? Am I missing something?
  • Sometimes I use the `<small>` HTML tag to reduce the impact of some collateral part of a text, and in the preview this is nice and dandy. Here is an example from [this post on EE.CD](https://electrical.codidact.com/posts/289160/289161#answer-289161) (red emphasis mine):
  • <br>
  • >![text as it appears in post preview](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/q9gygp7b21wej8tabo8w55sphdw6)
  • <br>
  • However I noticed that in the actual post presentation that same text is rendered in a different way, in particular, there is no font size changes:
  • <br>
  • >![text as it appears in rendered post](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/8k7gf893y78m5hvrbrxuc2pns90r)
  • <br>
  • Is this a bug? Does it depend on my browser? Am I missing something?
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Lorenzo Donati‭ · 2023-08-11T06:56:47Z (over 1 year ago)
Why is <small> HTML tag rendered differently in preview?
Sometimes I use the <small> HTML tag to reduce the impact of some collateral part of a text, and in the preview this is nice and dandy. Here is an example from [this post on EE.CD](https://electrical.codidact.com/posts/289160/289161#answer-289161) (red emphasis mine):

<br>

>![text as it appears in post preview](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/q9gygp7b21wej8tabo8w55sphdw6)

<br>

However I noticed that in the actual post presentation that same text is rendered in a different way, in particular, there is no font size changes:

<br>

>![text as it appears in rendered post](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/8k7gf893y78m5hvrbrxuc2pns90r)

<br>

Is this a bug? Does it depend on my browser? Am I missing something?