<font> Description:
The <font></font> tag defines how the enclosed text should look, including the face, size, style, and boldness. This element is deprecated in HTML 4.0 and XHTML 1.0.
<font> Web Browser Support:
- Netscape 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
- Mozilla 1
- Firefox 1
- Internet Explorer 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Opera 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Safari 1
- WebTV / MSNTV
- AvantGo Palm OS
- AvantGo Windows CE
- HTML 3.2, 4.0
- XHTML 1.0: XHTML Legacy Module
<font> Attributes:
- class (optional)
- color (optional)
- dir (optional)
- id (optional)
- face (optional)
- lang (optional)
- size (optional)
- style (optional)
- title (optional)
<font> End Tag:
</font> REQUIRED<font> Contents:
Text. The following tags are valid within the <font> tag:
a, abbr, acronym, applet, b, basefont, bdo, big, br, button, cite, code, dfn, em, font, i, iframe, img, input, kbd, label, map, object, q, s, samp, script, select, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, textarea, tt, u, var
<font> Valid Context:
The <font> tag is valid within the following tag:
a, abbr, acronym, address, applet, b, bdo, big, blockquote, body, button, caption, center, cite, code, dd, del, dfn, div, dt, em, fieldset, font, form, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, i, iframe, ins, kbd, label, legend, li, noframes, noscript, object, p, q, s, samp, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, td, th, tt, u, var
<font> Usage:
- change the color
<font color="#ff0000">this text is red</font>
- change the size
<font size="+2">this text is +2</font>
- change the face
<font face="helvetica">this text is Helvetica</font>
<font> Special Notes:
- You should use CSS instead of the font tag to change the look of your text.
