HTML <font> Font Tag Reference
The font HTML tag means Font, and it specifies the font style of any text it encloses.
It was deprecated in HTML 4.01 so you should never use it.
The <font> HTML/xHTML tag
The <font> tag and its attributes (face, color, size) are used to define the font face, colour and size of text.
When to use the <font> tag (semantic use)
The <font> tag was deprecated in HTML 4.01 and is not supported in xHTML 1.0 Strict, so you should never use it.You shouldn't use HTML tags for display information, instead use the CSS 'font' property.
Example of <font> tag use
No examples are given as you should not be using this tag!
Alternatives to the <font> tag
Only use CSS to define font styles:.style1 {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 90%;
color: #000000;
}
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