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The <font> tag in HTML is deprecated. It is supposed to be removed in a future version of HTML.Even if a lot of people are using it, you should try to avoid it, and use styles instead. The HTML <font> Tag With HTML code like this, you can specify both the size and the type of the browser output : <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> This is a paragraph. </font> </p> <p> <font size="3" face="Times"> This is another paragraph. </font> </p>
Try it yourself Font Attributes | Attribute | Example | Purpose | size="number" | size="2" | Defines the font size | size="+number" | size="+1" | Increases the font size | size="-number" | size="-1" | Decreases the font size | face="face-name" | face="Times" | Defines the font-name | color="color-value" | color="#eeff00" | Defines the font color | color="color-name" | color="red" | Defines the font color | The <font> Tag Should NOT be Used The <font> tag is deprecated in the latest versions of HTML (HTML 4 and XHTML).The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has removed the <font> tag from its recommendations. In future versions of HTML, style sheets (CSS ) will be used to define the layout and display properties of HTML elements. The Right Way to Do It - With Styles Set the font of text This example demonstrates how to set the font of a text. Set the font size of text This example demonstrates how to set the font size of a text.
Set the font color of text This example demonstrates how to set the color of a text. Set the font, font size, and font color of text This example demonstrates how to set the font, font size, and font color of a text. Where to Learn More About Style Sheets? First off: Finish the last chapters in our HTML tutorial !!! In the following chapters we will explain why some tags, like <font>, are to be removed from the HTML recommendations, and how to insert a style sheet in an HTML document. To learn more about style sheets: Study our CSS Tutorial .
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