HTML - <basefont> Tag

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

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

In the following example, 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>

On running the above code, the output window will pop up, displaying the text on the webpage.

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.

Event Attributes

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

html_deprecated_tags.htm
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