The <basefont> tag specifies the default font size and color of the text. It can be used several times inside the <head> or <body> tags.
The <basefont> is a deprecated HTML tag and not supported in HTML5.
Syntax
The <basefont> tag is empty, which means that the closing tag isn’t required. But in XHTML, the (<basefont>) tag must be closed (<basefont/>).
Example of the HTML <basefont> tag:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the documnet</title>
<basefont color="green" face="Helvetica" size="14">
</head>
<body>
<h3>Title of the text.</h3>
<p>Paragraph of the text.</p>
</body>
</html>
To achieve the former behavior of the <basefont> use CSS font, font-family, font-size and color properties.
Example of the HTML <basefont> tag with CSS properties:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<style>
body {
color: #8ebf42;
font-size: 14px;
font-family: Helvetica;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Title of the text.</h3>
<p>Paragraph of the text.</p>
</body>
</html>Result
Attributes
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| color | color | Sets the default text color.
Not supported in HTML5. |
| face | font_family | Defines the font of the text.
Not supported in HTML5. |
| size | number | Specifies the font size.
Not supported in HTML5. |
Browser support
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| ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
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