HTML Tag

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The tag defines the font characteristics. Size, color and typeface are defined by the size, color and face attributes.

The tag is a deprecated HTML tag. Instead of it, use CSS styles (see an example below).

Syntax

The tag comes in pairs. The content is written between the opening () and closing () tags.

Example of using HTML tag:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p>
      <font size="2" color="#1c87c9">Blue text</font>
    </p>
    <p>
      <font size="3" color="red">Red text, font size increased.</font>  
    </p>
    <p>
      <font face="arial" color="#8ebf42">Green text, typeface changed.</font>
    </p>
  </body>
</html>

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Result

CSS Styles

To change the text color, use the CSS color property instead of the color attribute. CSS font-family or font-face properties replace the face attribute, and instead of the size attribute, the CSS font-size property is used.

Example of changing the style of the text with CSS:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p style="font-size:16px; color:#1c87c9;">Blue text.</p>
    <p style="font-size:18px; color:red;">Red text, font size increased.</p>
    <p style="font-size:18px; color:#8ebf42; font-family:arial;">Green text, typeface changed.</p>
  </body>
</html>

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Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
color	rgb (x, x, x) #xxxxxx colorname	Sets the color of the text.
face	font_family	Sets the typeface.
size	number	Sets the size of the text.

How to style tag?

Common properties to alter the visual weight/emphasis/size of text in tag:

CSS font-style property sets the style of the font. normal | italic | oblique | initial | inherit.
CSS font-family property specifies a prioritized list of one or more font family names and/or generic family names for the selected element.
CSS font-size property sets the size of the font.
CSS font-weight property defines whether the font should be bold or thick.
CSS text-transform property controls text case and capitalization.
CSS text-decoration property specifies the decoration added to text, and is a shorthand property for text-decoration-line, text-decoration-color, text-decoration-style.

Coloring text in tag:

CSS color property describes the color of the text content and text decorations.
CSS background-color property sets the background color of an element.

Text layout styles for tag:

CSS text-indent property specifies the indentation of the first line in a text block.
CSS text-overflow property specifies how overflowed content that is not displayed should be signalled to the user.
CSS white-space property specifies how white-space inside an element is handled.
CSS word-break property specifies where the lines should be broken.

Other properties worth looking at for tag:

CSS text-shadow property adds shadow to text.
CSS text-align-last property sets the alignment of the last line of the text.
CSS line-height property specifies the height of a line.
CSS letter-spacing property defines the spaces between letters/characters in a text.
CSS word-spacing property sets the spacing between words.