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The <FONT> tag including <SMALL> and <BIG> are used in relation to the font size as set by the
<BASEFONT> tag. This tag has no effect on the text headings (such as the <H1>, <H2>) tags. The
following three attributes are used with this tag:
COLOR SIZE FACE
COLOR Attribute
This attribute of <BASEFONT> tag is used to assign a colour which becomes the default colour for the
text of entire HTML document. Syntax to use the COLOR attribute of the <BASEFONT> tag is as follows:
<BASEFONT COLOR = “COLOR NAME” OR “#RRGGBB ”>
For example:
<BASEFONT COLOR= “Purple”>
SIZE Attribute
This attribute of <BASEFONT> tag is used to set any possible font size from 1 to 7, which becomes the
default font size for entire HTML document, although the default font size for normal body text is ‘3’.
Syntax to use the SIZE attribute of the <BASEFONT> tag is as follows:
<BASEFONT SIZE= “Value”>
For example:
<BASEFONT SIZE= “5”>
FACE Attribute
This attribute of <BASEFONT> tag is used to assign a new font face (that becomes the default font) for
the text of entire HTML document, although the default font is ‘TIMES NEW ROMAN’. Syntax to use the
FACE attribute of the <BASEFONT> tag is as follows:
<BASEFONT FACE= “FONT NAME”>
For example:
<BASEFONT FACE= “IMPACT”>
Base Font set as:
<HTML>
<HEAD> Color - Purple, Size - 5
<TITLE> Using BASEFONT & its Attributes </TITLE> Face - Impact
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<BASEFONT FACE= “Impact”COLOR= “BLUE” SIZE= 5>
ORANGE EDUCATION
</BODY>
</HTML>
ORANGE EDUCATION
<CENTER> Tag
This is a container tag. It is used to align the text, picture, table, etc in center of the screen.
<CENTER> Text </CENTER>
For example:
<CENTER> ORANGE EDUCATION</CENTER>
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