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The HTML tag <basefont> is used to set the default font size of the document. You can change the font size relative to the default size using <font>.

Do not use this tag anymore!

Define the default color and size of text on the page:

Example

<head>
	<basefont color="red" size="5"　/>
	</head>
<body>
	<h1>This is a heading</h/h1>
	<p>This is a paragraph.</p>/p>
	</body>

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Only IE 9 And earlier versions of IE browsers support the <basefont> tag. It is recommended to avoid using this tag.

HTML5 The <basefont> tag is not supported. Please use CSS instead.

In HTML 4.01 In HTML, the <basefont> element is deprecated.

The <basefont> tag defines the default color, size, and font for all text in the document.

Tip:Define the default color, size, and font of text in the document using CSS.

HTML5 The <basefont> tag is not supported, HTML 4.01 The <basefont> tag is deprecated.

Attribute	Value	Description
color	color	HTML5 Not supported. HTML 4.01 Deprecated. 　　specify the default color of the text in the document
face	font_family	HTML5 Not supported. HTML 4.01 Deprecated. specify the default font of the text in the document
size	number	HTML5 Not supported. HTML 4.01 Deprecated. specify the default size of the text in the document

In HTML 4.01 In the <basefont> tag supports the following standard attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description
class	classname	specify the class name of the element
dir	rtl ltr	specify the text direction of the content within the element
id	id	specify the unique id of the element
lang	language_code	specify the language code for the content within the element
style	style_definition	specify the inline style of the element
title	text	specify additional information about the element

For a complete description, please visitStandard Attributes.

In HTML 4.01 where, the <basefont> tag does not support any event attributes.

For a complete description, please visitEvent Attributes.