HTML basefont Tag

by Online Tutorials Library July 14, 2022

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

  <!DOCTYPE html>  <html>  <head>  <title>Basefont tag</title>   <basefont color=”blue” size=”5″ face=”arial”>  </head>  <body>   <h2>Example of Basefont tag</h2>  <p>The basefornt tag is not supported in HTML5 use CSS to style the document</p>  </body>  </html>  

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Right way is to Use CSS to set the base font:

  <!DOCTYPE html>  <html>  <head>   <style>   p{       font-size: 20px;        color: #67dfee;       font-family: Helvetica;                      }   </style>  </head>  <body>  <h2>CSS to Style the document</h2>  <p>This is Paragraph</p>  </body>  </html>  

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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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