HTML <basefont>
Published Jul 1, 2022Updated Jul 31, 2023
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The <basefont> element was used to set the default font characteristics for the text of an HTML document.
Note: This is now deprecated, CSS properties like the
fontproperty should be used instead. To set the font of specific parts of the webpage, the<font>element would be used in combination with the<basefont>element.
Syntax
<basefont> must be a child of the element. Any combination of the following three attributes could be used in the <font> element, with at least one being required:
color: Sets the color for the font/text using a named color, hexadecimal, or RGB.face: Sets the font for the text (e.g.,face="verdana").size: Sets the size of the font/text using absolute units ranging from 1-7 (e.g.,size="5").
Example
<html><head><basefont size="5" font="verdana" color="green" /></head><body><p>This text should be size 5 the font should be verdana and the color shouldbe green.</p></body></html>
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