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http://www.w3.org/TR/html51/common-idioms.html#sub-head In the examples there's a <h1> with a nested <span> for marking a subhead. Could a <small> be used as well? "The small element represents side comments such as small print" (spec). It seems suitable and would provide a use case for an element which has no strong use cases otherwise.
<small(In reply to Andrea Rendine from comment #0) > http://www.w3.org/TR/html51/common-idioms.html#sub-head > In the examples there's a <h1> with a nested <span> for marking a subhead. > Could a <small> be used as well? "The small element represents side comments > such as small print" (spec). It seems suitable and would provide a use case > for an element which has no strong use cases otherwise. There has been discussion about use of <small> for subheadings back in 2013 https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2013Jun/0005.html It was not made non conforming, but not encouraged either, in this context, as the semantics for <small> are fairly explicit, but its use in general does not reflect this.