Font Formatting

This following information is described here:

• Modify the Font Face, Size, and Color
  
• Produce Bold Face Fonts
  
• Produce Fixed-Width Fonts
  
• Produce Italics
  
• Produce Strikethrough Type
  
• Produce Underline Type
  
• Set Apart a Quotation in Text
  

HTML Features that Modify the Font Face, Size, and Color


FONT

Attribute	Explanation	Example	Source
COLOR=#rrggbb or COLOR=color name	Sets font color. rrggbb is a hexadecimal number denoting a red-green-blue color value (the pound sign is optional). Can also be set to a colorname. See Using Color.	<FONT COLOR=#ff0000>This text is red.</FONT> or <FONT COLOR=RED>This text is also red.</FONT>	IExplore
FACE="name [,name2] [,name3]"	Sets the font. A list of font names can be specified. If the first font is available on the system, it will be used, otherwise the second will be tried, and so on. If none are available, a default font will be used.	<FONT FACE="Arial,Lucida Sans,Times Roman"> This text will be in either Arial, Lucida Sans, or Times Roman, depending on which fonts you have installed on your system.</FONT>	IExplore
SIZE=n SIZE=+n or -n	Specifies font size between 1 and 7 (7 is largest). A plus or minus before the number indicates a size relative to the current Basefont setting. (See Basefont.) Note: Relative font sizes are not cumulative. Putting two<FONT SIZE=+1> tags in a row does not result in the font size being increased by 2. See example.	<BASEFONT SIZE=3> This sets the base font size to 3. <FONT SIZE=+4> Now the font size is 7. <FONT SIZE=-1> Now the font size is 2. <FONT SIZE=+2>Now the font size is 5. <FONT SIZE=1>Now the font size is 1.	Netscape

BASEFONT

Sets base font value.

Attribute	Explanation	Example	Source
SIZE=n (n is between 1 and 7 inclusive; default is 3; 7 is largest)	Sets the base font size. Throughout the document, relative font size settings -- for example, <FONT SIZE=+3> -- are set according to this.	<BASEFONT SIZE=3> This sets the base font size to 3. <FONT SIZE=+4> Now the font size is 7. <FONT SIZE=-1> Now the font size is 2.	Netscape

BIG and SMALL

Microsoft® Internet Explorer 3.0 adds two new tags for specifying font size.

Attribute	Explanation	Example	Source
none	Makes text one size larger.	<BIG>This text is larger</BIG>	HTML 3
none	Makes text one size smaller.	<SMALL>This text is smaller</SMALL>	HTML 3

HTML Features that Produce Bold Face Fonts

Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 supports two HTML tags that render text as bold face.

HTML Features that Produce Text in a Fixed-Width Font

Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 supports nine HTML tags that render text in various formats of a fixed-width font.

Specifies a code sample.

Attribute	Explanation	Example	Source
none	Renders text in a small font. (If no FONT FACE is specified, the font used is fixed-width.)	<CODE>Here is some text in a small fixed-width font.</CODE>	HTML 2

Renders text in fixed-width type without processing tags.

Attribute	Explanation	Example	Source
none	Renders text in fixed-width type. Also turns off HTML parsing until the browser encounters the </PLAINTEXT> tag.	<PLAINTEXT> Here's a sample of HTML: <A HREF="sample.url">This is a shortcut to sample.</A></PLAINTEXT>	HTML 2

Specifies a code sample.

Attribute	Explanation	Example	Source
none	Renders text in a small font. (If no FONT FACE is specified, the font used is fixed-width.)	<SAMP>Here is some text in a small fixed-width font.</SAMP>	HTML 2

HTML Features that Produce Italics

Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 supports five HTML tags that all render text as italics.

HTML Features that Produce Strikethrough Type

Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 supports two HTML tags that render text in strikethrough type.

HTML Feature that Produces Underline Type


U

Attribute	Explanation	Example	Source
none	Renders text underlined.	<U>This text has a line under it.</U>	HTML 2

HTML Feature that Sets Apart a Quotation in Text


BLOCKQUOTE

Attribute	Explanation	Example	Source
none	Indents both left and right margins. Used to set apart quotations in text.	<P>He said, <BLOCKQUOTE>"Hi there!" </BLOCKQUOTE>	HTML 2

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