Type: HTML
Change Text Size

You control the look of particular sections of type on your web page with the <FONT></FONT> tag pair and its attributes.

Type Size In HTML type sizes range from 1 (smallest) to 7 (largest).

The default type size (basefont) is 3; it roughly corresponds to 10 point type.

Often the navigation bar and address footer  will use a smaller font.

To change the size of type on an entire page add the BASEFONT attribute to the opening  <BODY> tag.

<BASEFONT SIZE=n>

where n is a number from 1 to 7.

<BASEFONT> requires no closing tag.

To change the size of a selected passage of type, use

<FONT SIZE=n>text, text </FONT>

where n is a number from 1 to 7.

To change the size of type relative to the base font:

<FONT SIZE="+n">text, text</FONT> where n is a number from 1 to 7.

As an alternate to using the <Hn></Hn>tags for a headline, you might want to create small caps:

GOOD MORNING.  

The HTML code for the above greeting is:

<FONT SIZE=5>G</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>OOD</FONT><FONT SIZE=5>M</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ORNING</FONT>

Type: HTML
Key Concepts
Change Text Font
Change Text Size
Change Text Color

 

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