Name

font — <font> . . . </font>

Deprecated. Used to affect the style (color, typeface, and size) of the enclosed text. This element is no longer used in contemporary professional web design.

Attributes

Core, Internationalization

color="#RRGGBB" or "color name"

Deprecated. Specifies the color of the enclosed text.

face="typeface" (or list of typefaces )

Deprecated. Specifies a typeface for the text. The specified typeface is used only if it is found on the user’s machine. You may provide a list of fonts (separated by commas), and the browser uses the first available font in the string.

size="value"

Deprecated. Sets the size of the type to an absolute value on a scale from 1 to 7 (3 is the default) or by using a relative value + n or - n (based on the default or basefont setting).

Example

<font face="sans-serif" size="+1" color="white">Obsolete.</font>

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