| Depr. | Version |
|---|---|
| Yes | HTML 2 |
| IE5.5+ | FF1+ | SA1.3+ | OP9.2+ | CH2+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
Syntax
Description
The size
attribute is used to bump the font size of text contained inside the
font element up or down, or to a predefined size. The
old font sizes provided with earlier HTML versions ranged from 1 to 7,
with font size 3 being the browser default. It is possible to set a size
up or down by using the + or - character, as shown in the examples below.
Example
The first set of examples below show the seven font sizes available (with the default font size alongside each by way of comparison):
<p>Default font size <font size="1">Font size 1</font></p> <p>Default font size <font size="2">Font size 2</font></p> <p>Default font size <font size="3">Font size 3</font></p> <p>Default font size <font size="4">Font size 4</font></p> <p>Default font size <font size="5">Font size 5</font></p> <p>Default font size <font size="6">Font size 6</font></p> <p>Default font size <font size="7">Font size 7</font></p>
And here’s how this looks:
To increase or decrease text sizes by increments, you could use the following:
<p>This is normal font and <font size="+2">this is two sizes up</font>. This, on the other hand, is <font size="-2">two sizes down</font>.</p>
And the effect can be seen as shown below:
Value
The following values are acceptable:
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6
- -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6
Compatibility
| Internet Explorer | Firefox | Safari | Opera | Chrome | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.0 |
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
It causes no compatibility issues, and has excellent support across all tested browsers.
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