A Complete Guide to Web Design

The<font>tag is an inline style tag used to specify the size, color, and font face

for the enclosed text using thesize,color, andfaceattributes, respectively. A

single<font> tag may contain all of these attributes as shown:

<FONT FACE="sans-serif" COLOR="white" SIZE="+1">

For an explanation of acceptable values for the color attribute, refer to “Specifying

Colors in HTML” in Chapter 5,HTML Overview.

It should be noted that the<font>tag with all its attributes has been deprecated

by the World Wide Web Consortium due to the fact that style sheets are now

available and are considered superior for controlling presentation. It is still

supported, but may become obsolete in future versions of HTML.

Table 7-2: Physical Inline Style Tags

Tag Description Function

<b> Bold Displays text in bold type

<big> Big Displays type one size larger than the

surrounding text (equivalent tosize="+1")

<blink> Blink Makes the text flash on and off (Netscape Navi-

gator only)

<font> Font Specifies the font face, size, and color (discussed

in “The <font> Tag” section later in this chapter)

<i> Italic Displays text in italic type

<s> Strike-through An alternative tag for<strike>(newer browsers

only)

<small> Small Displays type one size smaller than the

surrounding text (equivalent tosize="-1")

<strike> Strike-through Displays strike-through text (crossed through

with a horizontal line)

<sub> Subscript Displays the text at a smaller size, slightly below

the baseline of the surrounding text

<sup> Superscript Displays the text at a smaller size, slightly above

the baseline of the surrounding text

<tt> Teletype Displays the text in the user’s default mono-

spaced font

<u> Underline Underlines the text