Name
basefont — HTML 4.01
Synopsis
HTML: <basefont>; XHTML: <basefont/> or <basefont />
Specifies certain font attributes for the content that follows
it. It can be used within the head
element to apply to the entire document or within the body
of the document to apply to the
subsequent text. This element is strongly discouraged from use in
favor of style sheets for font control.
Notes
Deprecated in HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0. Not in HTML5.
Start/End Tags
This is an empty element. In HTML, the end tag is forbidden. In XHTML, the element must be closed with a trailing slash as just shown.
Attributes
id="
text
"
Assigns a name to an element. This name must be unique in a document.
color="
#rrggbb
"
or"
color name
"
Deprecated. Sets the color of the following text.
face="
typeface
"
(orlist of typefaces
)Deprecated. Sets the font for the following text.
size="
number
"
Deprecated. Sets the base font size using size values from 1 to 7 (or relative values based on the default value of 3). Subsequent relative size settings are based on this value.
Example (HTML)
<head><basefont
face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</head>
Example (XHTML)
<head><basefont
face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"/>
</head>
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