HTML - <basefont> Tag

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Introduction to <basefont> Tag

The HTML <basefont> tag is used to set a default font size and colour for the entire document or a specific section, which is introduced in the older versions of HTML.

The <basefont> tag is deprecated in HTML 4 and completely removed from HTML 5. Instead of using this tag, we can use the CSS properties to style the document.

Example : Basic Usage

Let's consider the following example, where we are going to use the basefont tag and checking the output

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <title>HTML basefont Tag</title>
</head>
<body>
   <basefont face = "cursive,serif" color = "#ff9900" size = "4"/>   
   <p>The HTML basefont tag is now deprecated. You should use CSS font
      to set font properties instead.</p>
</body>
</html>

Global Attributes

This tag supports all the global attributes described in HTML Attribute Reference

Specific Attributes

The HTML <basefont> tag also supports the following additional attributes −

Attribute	Value	Description
color	rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname	Deprecated − Specifies the color of the text.
face	font names separated by comma	Deprecated − Specifies the font family of the text.
size	1 to 7	Deprecated − Specifies the font size of the text.

Attribute

Value

Description

color

rgb(x,x,x)

#xxxxxx

colorname

Deprecated − Specifies the color of the text.

face

font names separated by comma

Deprecated − Specifies the font family of the text.

size

1 to 7

Deprecated − Specifies the font size of the text.

Event Attributes

This tag supports all the event attributes described in HTML Events Reference

html_deprecated_tags.htm

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