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<basefont>
face   size   color

This optional tag changes the default font for a specific HTML document.

<basefont color="">

   Description
   The color attribute allows you to change the color of the specified text. Colors may be entered in the hexadecimal form #RRGGBB or may be specified with one of the following words: aqua, black, blue, fuchsia, grey, green, lime, maroon, navy, olive, purple, red, silver, teal, white, and yellow.
Code (Hexadecimal)
   <basefont color="#00FF00">
Code (Color Name)
   <basefont color="red">

<basefont face="">

   Description
   The face attribute allows you to specify a specific font face such as Courier or Arial. You may specify a list of font faces separated by a comma. If the browser cannot find the first font face in the list then it will continue through the list until it finds an available font face.
Code (One Font)
   <basefont face="Courier">
Code (Multiply Fonts)
   <basefont face="Courier, Palatino">

<basefont size="">

   Description
   The size attribute allows you to change the font size of specific text. Sizes may be specified relative to the normal or absolutely.
Code (Relative)
   <basefont size="+2">
Code (Absolute)
   <basefont size="6">
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