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HTML <basefont> tag
(Not Supported in HTML5)
HTML <basefont> tag was used to specify the default value of font-size, color, and font-family for all content written within an HTML document.
Note: The <basefont> was deprecated in HTML 4 and completely removed from HTML5 so do not use this tag, instead of it you can use CSS to style the document.
Syntax
In HTML the closing tag </basefont> is not required but in XHTML the end tag is required.
Following are some specifications about the <base> tag
Display | None (empty tag) |
Start tag/End tag | Only start-tag |
Usage | Font styling |
Example
Right way is to Use CSS to set the base font:
Attributes
Tag specific attributes:
Attribute | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
color | color | Specify the default color of all text within an HTML document. (Not Supported in HTML5) |
face | font-family | Specify the default font face for the text in the document. (Not Supported in HTML5) |
size | number | Specify the size of the text. (Not Supported in HTML5) |
Supporting Browsers
Element | Chrome | IE | Firefox | Opera | Safari |
<basefont> | No | No | No | No | No |
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