HTML Fonts

What are the font in HTML

HTML fonts plays a very important role in developing more user friendly websites and increasing content readability. Font face and color depends entirely on the computer and the browser that is being used to view the page but we can use HTML  tag to add style, size, and color to the text on your website.

HTML Font Attributes

The font tag has three attributes called size, color, and face to customize the fonts. To change any of the font attributes at any time within your webpage, simply use the  tag. The text that follows will remain changed until you close with the  tag.

HTML Font Size

We can set font size using size attribute.
The range of accepted values is from 1 to 7.
The default size of a font is 3.

Example Try this code »

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title> HTML Font Size </title>
</head>
<body>
Hello HTML 5!
Hello HTML 5!
Hello HTML 5!
Hello HTML 5!
Hello HTML 5!
Hello HTML 5!
Hello HTML 5!
</body>
</html>

Output

HTML Font Size Examples Hello HTML 5!
Hello HTML 5!
Hello HTML 5!
Hello HTML 5!
Hello HTML 5!
Hello HTML 5!
Hello HTML 5!

The 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 style.

Example Try this code »

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>HTML Font Face Attribute </title>
</head>
<body>
Times New Roman
Verdana
Comic Sans MS
WildWest
Bedrock
</body>
</html>

Output

HTML Font Face Attribute Examples Times New Roman
Verdana
Comic Sans MS
WildWest
Bedrock

Alternative Font Face

It is possible to specify two or more font face alternatives by listing the font face names, separated by a comma. If the user doesn't have one font installed in his system then the other one can be used to display the content.

Example Try this code »

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title> HTML Font Face Alternative Attribute </title>
</head>
<body>
Times New Roman 
Bedrock
</body>
</html>

Output

HTML Font Face Alternative Attribute Times New Roman
Bedrock

HTML Font Color

A font color can be set using color attribute. You can specify the color that you want by either the color name or by hexadecimal code for that color. The text color make website more attractive look.

Example Try this code »

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>HTML Font Color</title>
</head>
<body>
This text is in Blue 
This text is Green
</body>
</html>