The BASEFONT Tag

The BASEFONT Tag

Tags:

Name

Base Font

Description

Defines the font of text contained within the tag. This is an old HTML 3.0 tag - the FONT tag or a style sheet should be used instead.

This tag is not supported in Firefox.

Attributes

COLOR

Specifies the colour. Colours can be defined in this format: #RRGGBB where the values are in hexadecimal format. E.g. #FF0000 is red. Colours can also be defined with words e.g. red.

FACE

Specifies the font. You can use commas to separate multiple fonts - the browser will use the first one that is available on the system.

SIZE

Specifies the font size - from 1 (smallest) to 7 (largest). The following table gives the equivalent sizes in pts:

SIZE Value Font size in pts

1 8

2 10

3 12

4 14

5 18

6 24

7 36

Example

Code

<basefont face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial" size="7" color="gray">Sample Text</basefont>

Generates

Sample Text

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