Will I be penalized for using <big> html font code?

I am stuck with a silly template that has my items showing in very small font. I would like to us html tags <big></big>. Will I get penalized by google for over-optimization?

 

I'm not sure about <big>..honestly I've never heard of that..but you shouldn't get penalized for doing something like::

<font size="+2">text</font> ..or.. <font size="+3">text</font>...and so on

 

i dont think so, because these tags are standard tags approved by www consortium, so you shold not worry about these

 

No, you will not be penalised.

 

<big> tag is not over optimization. don't worry.....

 

Well it has been a day and a half and I have remained in the same SERP so no damage done. Thanks so much for taking time to reply.

 

No, Not at all.!

 

You should do any design changes in CSS instead to keep the code on your site as clean as possible.

 

You can usually check with http://validator.w3.org/

 

4 days later i drop from page 9 to page 17! What do you guys think?

 

I just had a thought, I have 2 backlinks from Backlinksdotcom which i think got me to page 9. Maybe those links got penalized?

 

No, you will not. Its standard HTML tags.

 

You won't get penalised - but you will get 'marked down', so to speak, if your site doesn't provide a good 'user experience' - so be careful with design