<FONT...>
CLASS
="Style Sheet Class"
COLOR
="#rrggbb|Colour Name"
FACE
="Font Name"
ID
="Unique Identifier"
LANG
="Language descriptor"
LANGUAGE
="Scripting Language descriptor"
POINT-SIZE
="Font pt. Size"
SIZE
="1-7"
STYLE
="Style Sheet Setting"
TITLE
="Title of element"
WEIGHT
="100,200…900"
onClick
="Script Function"
onDblClick
="Script Function"
onDragStart
="Script Function"
onFilterChange
="Script Function"
onHelp
="Script Function"
onKeyDown
="Script Function"
onKeyPress
="Script Function"
onKeyUp
="Script Function"
onMouseDown
="Script Function"
onMouseMove
="Script Function"
onMouseOut
="Script Function"
onMouseOver
="Script Function"
onMouseUp
="Script Function"
onSelectStart
="Script Function"
>
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</FONT>
Changes the font characteristics of the enclosed text. <FONT>
can specify the colour, size and font face of the enclosed text.
Attribute | Description |
CLASS |
Sets the style sheet class (specified in an in-line, linked or imported style sheet) to be applied to the element. |
COLOR |
Specifies a colour for the font of the text contained in the <FONT>...</FONT> elements. |
FACE |
Specifies the font face that the contents of the <FONT> element should be rendered using. A multiple comma separated list can be specified, providing the browser with a alist of alternatives in case it doesn't have the first font installed. |
ID |
Sets a unique identifier for the element, allowing it to be referenced within scripting functions, or to specify a style sheet setting, set using a #<style_class> class selector. |
LANG |
Specifies the language (using an ISO country code derived classifier) that the element is using, for browsers that support document localisation. |
LANGUAGE |
Sets the scripting language that any in-line scripting events are written in. |
POINT-SIZE |
Specifies the exact point size of the font being used for the contents of the <FONT> element. |
SIZE |
Specifies the size of the font for the contents of the <FONT> element. The exact size of the 1-7 range of values is browser dependant. |
STYLE |
Sets in-line style sheet settings for the element, which will over-ride any set in a <STYLE> block, or externally linked to the document. |
TITLE |
Specifies an informational title for the element. The contents of the TITLE attribute may be presented as a Tool-Tip by some browsers. |
WEIGHT |
Specifies a level of boldness for the contents of the <FONT> element, with 900 being the boldest. The exact degree of boldness is browser dependant. |
Event | Description |
onClick |
Fired whenever the user clicks the element (or its contents) with the mouse |
onDblClick |
Fired whenever the user double-clicks the element (or its contents) with the mouse (the double-click speed is dependant on the users system settings). |
onDragStart |
Fired when the users initiaties dragging of the element (or it's contents) |
onFilterChange |
Fired whenever a filter is applied to an element, or whenever the properties of an applied filter are changed. |
onHelp |
Fired whenever the user presses 'F1' (for help) and the element has the users current focus. |
onKeyDown |
Fired when the user presses a key (only when the key is actually pressed) when the element has the focus. |
onKeyPress |
The onkeypress event is similar to the onkeydown event, except that it returns the UNICODE value of the key or keys being pressed when the event occurs. |
onKeyUp |
The onkeyup event is fired when a previously pressed key is released while the referenced element has the focus. |
onMouseDown |
The onmousedown event fires whenever the user presses a button on the mouse, with the event being initially fired for the element that has the focus when the mouse button is clicked, and bubbling up through the element objects until an onmousedown event handler is found. |
onMouseMove |
The onmousemove event occurs whenever the users mouse moves over the element. |
onMouseOut |
The onmouseout event fires when the users mouse leaves the area defined by the referenced element. |
onMouseOver |
The onmouseover event fires when the users mouse enters the area defined by the referenced element. |
onMouseUp |
The onmouseup event fires after a users mouse button has been pressed and released. |
onSelectStart |
The onselectstart event is fired whenever the users starts to select some text that is the contents of the referenced element. |
See 'HTML Reference|Text Formatting|<FONT>' for more information.