Name

<font> — NN: 2, 3, 4 &bull; MSIE: 2, 3, 4, 5 &bull; HTML 4D &bull; WebTV &bull; Opera3

Synopsis

<font>...</font>

Used to affect the style (color, typeface, and size) of the enclosed text. This tag is deprecated in the HTML 4.0 Specification in favor of style sheet controls.

Attributes

color=#rrggbb

Specifies the color using a hexadecimal RGB value.

face=typeface (or list of typefaces)

Specifies a typeface for the text. The specified typeface will be used only if it is found on the user’s machine. When a list of fonts (separated by commas) is specified, the browser will use the first available in the string.

size=1|2|3|4|5|6|7|+1|+2|+3|+4|-1|-2

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

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