<font> Font Tag

The tag allows you to manipulate the display of the text on the page. While the font tag has been deprecated and has not been valid since HTML 3.1, it is still recognized by most browsers on most web pages. If you are trying to write valid, strict HTML, then you should use CSS to alter fonts and not the tag.

On it's own, does nothing. only does something when the properties of the tag are used. Valid properties include face, color and size.

Face tells the browser what font to use. In CSS we use font-family.

Color tells the browser what color to make the font. This can be a valid color name, such as red, green, aqua, etc or it can be an HTML RGB reference such as #090909 or #4E0.

Size tells the browser how big to make the font. You can use a +/- size, ie +1, -2. You can also use a static size of between 1 and 7.

While is a good quick and dirty way to manipulate the text, using CSS allows for a lot more control.