HTML <basefont> tag

(Not Supported in HTML5)

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

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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Right way is to Use CSS to set the base font:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
 <style>
 	p{
 	    font-size: 20px;
 	     color: #67dfee;
 	    font-family: Helvetica;
                    }
 </style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>CSS to Style the document</h2>
<p>This is Paragraph</p>
</body>
</html>

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Attributes

Tag specific attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description
color	color	Specify the default color of all text within an HTML document. (Not Supported in HTML5)
face	font-family	Specify the default font face for the text in the document. (Not Supported in HTML5)
size	number	Specify the size of the text. (Not Supported in HTML5)