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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER>FONT - Font appearance</H1>
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<TH VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT><B>Appearance:</B></TH>
<TD VALIGN=TOP><FONT> </FONT><BR></TD>
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<TH VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT><B>Attributes:</B></TH>
<TD VALIGN=TOP>SIZE=<CODE>string</CODE>, COLOR=<CODE>#RRGGBB</CODE><BR></TD>
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<TH VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT><B>Contents:</B></TH>
<TD VALIGN=TOP><A HREF="../font/tt.html">TT</A>, <A HREF="../font/i.html">I</A>, <A HREF="../font/b.html">B</A>, <A HREF="../font/u.html">U</A>, <A HREF="../font/strike.html">STRIKE</A>, <A HREF="../font/big.html">BIG</A>, <A HREF="../font/small.html">SMALL</A>, <A HREF="../font/sub.html">SUB</A>, <A HREF="../font/sup.html">SUP</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/em.html">EM</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/strong.html">STRONG</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/dfn.html">DFN</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/code.html">CODE</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/samp.html">SAMP</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/kbd.html">KBD</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/var.html">VAR</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/cite.html">CITE</A>, <A HREF="../special/a.html">A</A>, <A HREF="../special/applet.html">APPLET</A>, <A HREF="../special/img.html">IMG</A>, <A HREF="../special/font.html">FONT</A>, <A HREF="../special/basefont.html">BASEFONT</A>, <A HREF="../special/br.html">BR</A>, <A HREF="../special/map.html">MAP</A>, <A HREF="../form/input.html">INPUT</A>, <A HREF="../form/select.html">SELECT</A>, <A HREF="../form/textarea.html">TEXTAREA</A> and <A HREF="../misc/pcdata.html">plain text</A>.<BR></TD>
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<TH VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT><B>May occur in:</B></TH>
<TD VALIGN=TOP><A HREF="../body/body.html">BODY</A>, <A HREF="../block/div.html">DIV</A>, <A HREF="../block/center.html">CENTER</A>, <A HREF="../block/blockquote.html">BLOCKQUOTE</A>, <A HREF="../block/form.html">FORM</A>, <A HREF="../table/th.html">TH</A>, <A HREF="../table/td.html">TD</A>, <A HREF="../list/dt.html">DT</A>, <A HREF="../list/dd.html">DD</A>, <A HREF="../list/li.html">LI</A>, <A HREF="../block/p.html">P</A>, <A HREF="../block/h1.html">H1</A>, <A HREF="../block/h2.html">H2</A>, <A HREF="../block/h3.html">H3</A>, <A HREF="../block/h4.html">H4</A>, <A HREF="../block/h5.html">H5</A>, <A HREF="../block/h6.html">H6</A>, <A HREF="../block/address.html">ADDRESS</A>, <A HREF="../font/tt.html">TT</A>, <A HREF="../font/i.html">I</A>, <A HREF="../font/b.html">B</A>, <A HREF="../font/u.html">U</A>, <A HREF="../font/strike.html">STRIKE</A>, <A HREF="../font/big.html">BIG</A>, <A HREF="../font/small.html">SMALL</A>, <A HREF="../font/sub.html">SUB</A>, <A HREF="../font/sup.html">SUP</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/em.html">EM</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/strong.html">STRONG</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/dfn.html">DFN</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/code.html">CODE</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/samp.html">SAMP</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/kbd.html">KBD</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/var.html">VAR</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/cite.html">CITE</A>, <A HREF="../special/font.html">FONT</A>, <A HREF="../special/a.html">A</A>, <A HREF="../special/applet.html">APPLET</A>, <A HREF="../table/caption.html">CAPTION</A>.<BR></TD>
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The FONT tag can be used to change the appearance of the current
block, in terms of size and color. The SIZE attribute can either take
an absolute value, ranging from 1 (smallest) to 7 (largest), or a
relative value. Using the latter will change the font relative to
the font size as set in the most recent <A HREF="../special/basefont.html">BASEFONT</A> tag.
For example, <FONT SIZE="+1"> will
make the font size one step bigger.
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The COLOR attribute takes a hex value, which is the RGB-notation of
the desired color. You can also use a color name, although the names
are less widely supported than the codes. See the section on <A HREF="../body/body.html">BODY</A>
for a more detailed explanation on how to specify colors.
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In both cases, the closing tag </FONT> restores the previous
font size and/or color.
<H2>Notes:</H2>
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<LI>Avoid making extreme font changes if possible. They can make a
document hard to read. If possible, use <A HREF="../font/big.html">BIG</A> instead of <FONT
SIZE="+1"> and <A HREF="../font/small.html">SMALL</A> instead of <FONT SIZE="-1">.
<LI>The color attribute is not very widely supported, so do not rely
on it.
<LI>None of the browsers which support FONT allow their users to
disable it. It <EM>is</EM> possible to disable body colors, so if you
use FONT COLOR to change font colors and the visitor has overriden your
body colors, the text may wind up invisible.
<LI>Do not use the FONT tag to emulate headers. Indexers rely on the
six header elements to generate an overview of a document, and they
will not be able to index your document if you use FONT instead. FONT
should be used only as an enhancement of the presentation.
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