HTML <basefont> Tag
The <basefont> tag in HTML is used to set the default text-color, font-size, font-family of all the text in the browser. It is no longer supported in HTML5. So, as an alternate, we are using CSS in the code example. The <basefont> tag was supported in Internet Explorer 9, and earlier versions.
Syntax:
<basefont attributes...>
Attributes: This tag contains three optional attributes which are listed below:
- color: It is used to specify the default text-color of the document.
- size: It is used to specify the default font-size of the document.
- face: It is used to specify the default font-style of the document.
Example: This example illustrates the alternative of <basefont> tag by using the available CSS properties.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title >Alternative of basefont tag</ title > < style > body { text-align: center; } .gfg { color: green; font-size: 45px; font-family: sans-serif; } .geeks { font-family: arial; } </ style > </ head > < body > < div class = "gfg" >GeeksforGeeks</ div > < div class = "geeks" > A Computer Science portal for geeks. It contains well written, well thought and well explained computer science and programming articles. </ div > </ body > </ html > |
Output:

HTML <basefont> tag
Example: Below example illustrates the <basefont> tag in HTML.
HTML
<!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:

HTML <basefont> tag
Supported Browsers: This tag is not supported by any browser, except Internet Explorer with the 11.0 version or lower versions.
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