HTML <basefont> tag was used to specify the default value of font-size, color, and font-family for all content written within an HTML document.
Note: The <basefont> was deprecated in HTML 4 and completely removed from HTML5 so do not use this tag, instead of it you can use CSS to style the document.
Syntax
<basefont color="blue" size="5" face="arial"> In HTML the closing tag </basefont> is not required but in XHTML the end tag is required.
Following are some specifications about the <base> tag
| Display | None (empty tag) |
| Start tag/End tag | Only start-tag |
| Usage | Font styling |
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Basefont tag</title>
<basefont color="blue" size="5" face="arial">
</head>
<body>
<h2>Example of Basefont tag</h2>
<p>The basefornt tag is not supported in HTML5 use CSS to style the document</p>
</body>
</html>
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