




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


<basefont color="blue" size="5" face="arial">


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>



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>



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
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