HTML <basefont> tag

Function:

The HTML <basefont> tag is used to specify a base font for the document to use. This base font is applied to complete document.

Difference between HTML and XHTML:

The HTML <basefont> tag is deprecated.

Example:

<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>

This will produce folloiwng result:

The HTML basefont tag is now deprecated. You should use CSS font to set font properties instead.

This result may vary browser to borwser.

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Attributes:

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