face (HTML attribute)
| Depr. | Version |
|---|---|
| Yes | HTML 4 |
| IE5.5+ | FF2 | Saf3 | Op9.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full | None | None | None |
face="comma-separated list of font-families"
Example
<basefont size="2" face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">
Description
The face
attribute allows the author to define one or more different fonts to be
displayed (the browser will display the first font specified, but if that
is not present on the computer, the browser will try the next one in the
list and so on).
Value
This attribute takes as its value a list of fonts, separated by commas.
Compatibility
| IE | 5.5 | Full |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Full | |
| 7.0 | Full | |
| Firefox | 1.0 | None |
| 1.5 | None | |
| 2.0 | None | |
| Safari | 1.3 | None |
| 2.0 | None | |
| 3.0 | None | |
| Opera | 9.2 | None |
| 9.5 | None |
This attribute is only supported by Internet Explorer. The attribute—and the element itself (which is deprecated)—shouldn’t be used at all.
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