Setting Font Size

Note −The font and basefont tags are deprecated and it is supposed to be removed in a future version of HTML. So they should not be used rather, it’s suggested to use CSS styles to manipulate your fonts. But still for learning purpose, this chapter will explain font and basefont tags in detail.

Set Font Size

You can set content font size using size attribute. The range of accepted values is from 1(smallest) to 7(largest). The default size of a font is 3.

Example

     Font size = "1" 
Font size = "2" 
Font size = "3" 
Font size = "4" 
Font size = "5" 
Font size = "6" 
Font size = "7"   

This will produce the following result −

Relative Font Size

You can specify how many sizes larger or how many sizes smaller than the preset font size should be. You can specify it like or

Example

     Font size = "-1" 
Font size = "+1" 
Font size = "+2" 
Font size = "+3" 
Font size = "+4"   

This will produce the following result −

Setting Font Face

You can set font face using face attribute but be aware that if the user viewing the page doesn’t have the font installed, they will not be able to see it. Instead user will see the default font face applicable to the user’s computer.

Example

     Times New Roman 
Verdana 
Comic Sans MS 
WildWest 
Bedrock 
  

This will produce the following result −

Specify alternate font faces

A visitor will only be able to see your font if they have that font installed on their computer. So, it is possible to specify two or more font face alternatives by listing the font face names, separated by a comma.

When your page is loaded, their browser will display the first font face available. If none of the given fonts are installed, then it will display the default font face Times New Roman.

Note − Check a complete list of HTML Standard Fonts.

Setting Font Color

You can set any font color you like using color attribute. You can specify the color that you want by either the color name or hexadecimal code for that color.

Note − You can check a complete list of HTML Color Name with Codes.

Example

     This text is in pink 
This text is red   

This will produce the following result −

The Element

The element is supposed to set a default font size, color, and typeface for any parts of the document that are not otherwise contained within a tag. You can use the elements to override the settings.

The tag also takes color, size and face attributes and it will support relative font setting by giving size a value of +1 for a size larger or −2 for two sizes smaller.

Example

      
This is the page's default font.
 
Example of the <basefont> Element
 
 This is darkgray text with two sizes larger 
 
 It is a courier font, a size smaller and black in color. 
   

This will produce the following result −

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CSS Web Fonts

Web fonts allow Web designers to use fonts that are not installed on the user’s computer.

When you have found/bought the font you wish to use, just include the font file on your web server, and it will be automatically downloaded to the user when needed.

Your «own» fonts are defined within the CSS @font-face rule.

Different Font Formats

TrueType Fonts (TTF)

TrueType is a font standard developed in the late 1980s, by Apple and Microsoft. TrueType is the most common font format for both the Mac OS and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

OpenType Fonts (OTF)

OpenType is a format for scalable computer fonts. It was built on TrueType, and is a registered trademark of Microsoft. OpenType fonts are used commonly today on the major computer platforms.

The Web Open Font Format (WOFF)

WOFF is a font format for use in web pages. It was developed in 2009, and is now a W3C Recommendation. WOFF is essentially OpenType or TrueType with compression and additional metadata. The goal is to support font distribution from a server to a client over a network with bandwidth constraints.

The Web Open Font Format (WOFF 2.0)

TrueType/OpenType font that provides better compression than WOFF 1.0.

SVG Fonts/Shapes

SVG fonts allow SVG to be used as glyphs when displaying text. The SVG 1.1 specification define a font module that allows the creation of fonts within an SVG document. You can also apply CSS to SVG documents, and the @font-face rule can be applied to text in SVG documents.

Embedded OpenType Fonts (EOT)

EOT fonts are a compact form of OpenType fonts designed by Microsoft for use as embedded fonts on web pages.

Browser Support for Font Formats

The numbers in the table specifies the first browser version that fully supports the font format.

*IE: The font format only works when set to be «installable».

Using The Font You Want

In the @font-face rule; first define a name for the font (e.g. myFirstFont) and then point to the font file.

Tip: Always use lowercase letters for the font URL. Uppercase letters can give unexpected results in IE.

To use the font for an HTML element, refer to the name of the font (myFirstFont) through the font-family property:

Example

@font-face <
font-family: myFirstFont;
src: url(sansation_light.woff);
>

div font-family: myFirstFont;
>

Using Bold Text

You must add another @font-face rule containing descriptors for bold text:

Example

The file «sansation_bold.woff» is another font file, that contains the bold characters for the Sansation font.

Browsers will use this whenever a piece of text with the font-family «myFirstFont» should render as bold.

This way you can have many @font-face rules for the same font.

CSS Font Descriptors

The following table lists all the font descriptors that can be defined inside the @font-face rule:

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CSS @font-face Rule

Specify a font named «myFirstFont», and specify the URL where it can be found:

More «Try it Yourself» examples below.

Definition and Usage

With the @font-face rule, web designers do not have to use one of the «web-safe» fonts anymore.

In the @font-face rule you must first define a name for the font (e.g. myFirstFont), and then point to the font file.

To use the font for an HTML element, refer to the name of the font (myFirstFont) through the font-family property:

Browser Support

The @font-face rule is supported in Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera.

The numbers in the table specifies the first browser version that fully supports the font format.

*The font format only works when set to be «installable».

Syntax

More Examples

Example

You must add another @font-face rule containing descriptors for bold text:

The file «sansation_bold.woff» is another font file, that contains the bold characters for the Sansation font.

Browsers will use this whenever a piece of text with the font-family «myFirstFont» should render as bold.

This way you can have many @font-face rules for the same font.

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