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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" link="#000080" vlink="#800080" BASEFONT font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
Am I using the correct syntax for setting the basefont to set the font face? I realize that I can use CSS. Just curious.
TIA,
Brian
It's a very weakly supported tag. For instance, even though the W3C [w3.org] standard beginning with HTML3.2 was that the end tag was forbidden, nevertheless Netscape would not execute the tag unless a closing tag was included. Also in Netscape, the tag does not affect the contents of table cells -- so if you use tables for layout you've got complications.
My understanding is that the tag should stand alone, rather than being included as an attribute within the BODY tag.
SOURCES:
ZDNet Tag Library [zdnet.com]
Microsoft Developer News [msdn.microsoft.com]
HTMLHelp [htmlhelp.com]
Yet again my thanks. I am taking a C.I.W. course. In the prep course taught by someone who stated that <!-- can ony go in the head. Guess I should have taken her statement with a grain. Just thought I could cut out some unwanted tags/weight.
Thanks again. Man I love this place,
Brian
