font tag
head tag
TAG: basefont
deprecated 4.0
<basefont> ... </basefont>
Available in versions: 3.2
Browser compatibility: Explorer 4, 5 Netscape 4
The
<basefont>
tag is officially deprecated effective with HTML 4.0. It has been superseded by style sheets.
The
basefont
tag is used to set the font appearance. If placed between the
head
tags, the font values are set for the entire document. This tag can also be placed anywhere inside the
body
of the document where it can be used to set the font values for a local block of text. Under these circumstances, the
basefont
tag in the
head
is overridden.
The closing tag is optional. When the closing tag is used, it causes the font size to revert to the default value of 3. Therefore the following are equivalent:
Code:
</basefont>
<basefont size="3">
Core Attributes
id
Attributes
color
The
color
attribute is used to set the color of the text. This attribute is not recognized by some browsers.
face
The
face
attribute is used to set the type (font face) of text, such as arial or courier. This attribute is not recognized by some browsers.
size
The
size
attribute is used to set the size of the text. The range is 1 to 7, and the default is 3. When you use + or - values to set the size using the
font
tag, the new size will be relative to the default value of 3, or to the value set using this attribute.
In this example, only the word DevGuru is affected by the tag. Beware that the
color
and
face
attributes are not recognized by some browsers.
Code:
<basefont color="red" face="arial" size="7">DevGuru</basefont> is the best!
Output:
DevGuru is the best!
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