this tag allows the font to be changed according to several attributes, noted below.
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this allows the font colour to be changed as required.
Colours with 140 named Netscape colours and 16 named Internet Explorer colours.
This is a complete explanation of colour by:Gernot Metze
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this is six hexadecimal numbers that stipulates a specific colour from a palette of 32768 colours. The colours are specified in rr="" red, gg="" green, bb="" blue. According to Microsoft, the "#" sign is optional.
Colours with 140 named Netscape colours and 16 named Internet Explorer colours.
This is a complete explanation of colour by:Gernot Metze
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in addition to the #rrggbb combination above, specific colours can be specified by name. Supported colours are:
Colours with 140 named Netscape colours and 16 named Internet Explorer colours.
This is a complete explanation of colour by:Gernot Metze
black, maroon, green, olive, navy, purple, teal, gray, silver (silver),
red, lime, yellow, blue, fuchsia, aqua and white (white)
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Use the effect attribute to set the font effect to the value relief or emboss. In version 1.1 of the WebTV HTML interface, the font effect can also be shadow. If the effect attribute is not specified, the text is plain.
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relief draws the text so that it seems raised from the surface of the page.
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emboss draws the text so that it seems pressed into the surface of the page.
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shadow draws the text with a shadow cast down and to the right of the text.
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This sets the typestyle to be used, if the browser recognizes the tag. The argument can be a list of font names, with the the availability of the fonts being the determining factor.
Example: <font face="Helvetica, Times Roman, Univers">This should be one of the three fonts noted in the example above. This will depend on what fonts your system displays. </font>
Example: This should be one of the three fonts noted in the example above. This will depend on what fonts your system displays.
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this tag specifies the font size in relative units to the font size selected by the browser. Size 1 through 7 is valid with 1 being the smallest and 7 the largest. Relative sizes are possible by the use of "+" or "-". Font sizes are not cumulative. WebTV sets their default size to "3".
Example: <font size="2"> sets the font size to "2"
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Use the transparency attribute to allow the background to show through the text. The transparency of the text can range from a value of 0 (fully opaque) to 100 (fully transparent). The default value for transparency is 0. Note that the WebTV interface has implemented optimizations for a transparency value of 50 that make pages draw faster.
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