> That's why using <small> as a semi-semantic element (after all, in most
> cases when we wish to make some text smaller than the surrounding text, we
> do so to indicate it as less important) does not work well. Sometimes it's
> a tolerable solution, though.

But not for certain eastern languages which use a decrease in font
size to indicate emphasis (the total opposite of what's being
attempted).

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Orion Adrian