The <font> tag is used to change the style, size and color of text. It is also a container tag. It is generally used for changing the appearance of a short segment of text. Before using <font>, you should have the knowledge about fonts.
A font is a named set of certain style of character and number. Each font looks different from other fonts. Generally some fonts are used for specific purpose.
For example, Times New Roman is a style of font usually used for preparing office documents.
Arial is another font style which is used for publishing work. Variety of fonts available in internet at free of cost. Generally, a browser shows the contents as default system font setting. Every system has different font setting with another system.
The general form of <font> tag with attributes:
<font face= “font_name”
size=value col.or=color_ name / color_code>
Text to be displayed </font>