HTML | <basefont> Tag

Last Updated : 03 Dec, 2018

It is used to set the default text-color, font-size, font-family of all the text in the browser. It is not supported in HTML 5.

Note: This tag can be used in both <head> and <body> element.

Syntax:

<basefont attributes...>

Optional Attributes: This tag contains three optional attributes which are listed below:

color: It is used to specify the default text-color of document.
size: It is used to specify the default font-size of document.
face: It is used to specify the default font-style of document.

Below example illustrates the <basefont> tag in HTML:

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>basefont tag</title> 
        <basefont color="red" size="9"> 
        <style> 
            body { 
                text-align:center; 
            } 
            .gfg { 
                font-size:40px; 
                font-weight:bold; 
                color:green; 
            } 
            .geeks { 
                font-size:25px; 
                font-weight:bold; 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
    <div class = "gfg">GeeksforGeeks</div> 
    <div class = "geeks"><basefont> Tag</div> 
    <p>A computer science portal for geeks</p> 
    </body> 
</html>                     

Output:

Supported Browsers: This tag is not supported by any browser.

Note: The <basefont> tag was supported in Internet Explorer 9, and earlier versions.

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