<BASEFONT>

<BASEFONT...>

This changes the size of the BASEFONT, that all relative <FONT SIZE ...> changes are based on. It defaults to 3, and has a valid range of 1-7. Note that although the <BASEFONT> element doesn't need to be contained within the document <HEAD> section, it must come before any text in the document to change the default font size.

NOTE : Any document <BASEFONT> settings are over-ridden by any style sheet settings for the document.

<BASEFONT SIZE=5>

FACE
This attribute allows changing of the face of the HTML document BASEFONT, exactly as it works for <FONT FACE= ...>. This attribute is not supported by Netscape 4.0.

COLOR
This allows the BASEFONT colour for the HTML document to be set. Colours can either be set by using one of the reserved colour names, or as a hex rrggbb triplet value. This attribute is not supported by Netscape 4.0.

TITLE
Internet Explorer 4.0 (and above) supports use of the TITLE attribute for the <BASEFONT> element. This can be used for informational purposes. The platform preview of Internet Explorer 4.0 generally uses the TITLE attribute as a 'ToolTip' and using it in the <BASEFONT> element currently provides a ToolTip over the entire document text (i.e. the value of the TITLE attribute is displayed as the ToolTip when the mouse hovers over the document text), unless the TITLE attribute is set for other elements.

CLASS="Style Sheet class name"
The CLASS attribute is used to specify the <BASEFONT> as using a particular style sheet class. See the Style Sheets topic for details.

STYLE="In line style setting"
As well as using previously defined style sheet settings, the <BASEFONT> element can have in-line stylings attached to it. See the Style Sheets topic for details.

ID="Unique element identifier"
The ID attribute can be used to either reference a unique style sheet identifier, or to provide a unique name for the <BASEFONT> element for scripting purposes. Any <BASEFONT> element with an ID attribute can be directly manipulated in script by referencing its ID attribute, rather than working through the All collection to determine the element. See the Scripting introduction topic for more information.

NOTE : Use of these three attributes (CLASS, STYLE and ID) for the <BASEFONT> element is Internet Explorer (4.0 and above) specific. Using them also 'nullifies' any FACE, COLOR or SIZE settings in Netscape. It would generally be better to set stylings for the whole document using a style sheet. See the Style Sheets section for details.

LANG="language setting"
The LANG attribute can be used to specify what language the <BASEFONT> element is using. It accepts any valid ISO standard language abbreviation (for example "en" for English, "de" for German etc.) For more details, see the Document Localisation section for more details.

<BASEFONT...> Properties
The <BASEFONT...> element supports some of the Standard Dynamic HTML properties (namely className, document, id, isTextEdit, lang, outerHTML, outerText, parentElement, parentTextEdit, sourceIndex, style, tagName and title), as well as color, face and size properties which directly reflect any setting of their respective attributes (see above).

<BASEFONT...> Methods
Of the Standard Dynamic HTML methods, <BASEFONT> supports contains, getAttribute, removeAttribute and setAttribute.

<BASEFONT...> Events
The <BASEFONT> element supports no events.