Consider the following the HTML statement:
<FONT size=3 color=red>
In the above statement, what is meant by ‘size’ and ‘color’?
Answers
Explanation:
Contents
Formatting
Background color
Alignment
Floating objects
Float an object
Float text around an object
Fonts
Font style elements: the TT, I, B, BIG, SMALL, STRIKE, S, and U elements
Font modifier elements: FONT and BASEFONT
Rules: the HR element
This section of the specification discusses some HTML elements and attributes that may be used for visual formatting of elements. Many of them are deprecated.
15.1 Formatting
15.1.1 Background color
Attribute definitions
bgcolor = color [CI]
Deprecated. This attribute sets the background color for the document body or table cells.
This attribute sets the background color of the canvas for the document body (the BODY element) or for tables (the TABLE, TR, TH, and TD elements). Additional attributes for specifying text color can be used with the BODY element.
This attribute has been deprecated in favor of style sheets for specifying background color information.
15.1.2 Alignment
It is possible to align block elements (tables, images, objects, paragraphs, etc.) on the canvas with the align element. Although this attribute may be set for many HTML elements, its range of possible values sometimes differs from element to element. Here we only discuss the meaning of the align attribute for text.
Attribute definitions
align = left|center|right|justify [CI]
Deprecated. This attribute specifies the horizontal alignment of its element with respect to the surrounding context. Possible values:
left: text lines are rendered flush left.
center: text lines are centered.
right: text lines are rendered flush right.
justify: text lines are justified to both margins.
The default depends on the base text direction. For left to right text, the default is align=left, while for right to left text, the default is align=right.
DEPRECATED EXAMPLE:
This example centers a heading on the canvas.
<H1 align="center"> How to Carve Wood </H1>
Using CSS, for example, you could achieve the same effect as follows:
<HEAD>
<TITLE>How to Carve Wood</TITLE>
<STYLE type="text/css">
H1 { text-align: center}
</STYLE>
<BODY>
<H1> How to Carve Wood </H1>
Note that this would center all H1 declarations. You could reduce the scope of the style by setting the class attribute on the element:
<HEAD>
<TITLE>How to Carve Wood</TITLE>
<STYLE type="text/css">
H1.wood {text-align: center}
</STYLE>
<BODY>
<H1 class="wood"> How to Carve Wood </H1>
DEPRECATED EXAMPLE:
Similarly, to right align a paragraph on the canvas with HTML's align attribute you could have:
<P align="right">...Lots of paragraph text...
which, with CSS, would be:
<HEAD>
<TITLE>How to Carve Wood</TITLE>
<STYLE type="text/css">
P.mypar {text-align: right}
</STYLE>
<BODY>
<P class="mypar">...Lots of paragraph text...
DEPRECATED EXAMPLE:
To right align a series of paragraphs, group them with the DIV element:
<DIV align="right">
<P>...text in first paragraph...
<P>...text in second paragraph...
<P>...text in third paragraph...
</DIV>
With CSS, the text-align property is inherited from the parent element, you can therefore use:
<HEAD>
<TITLE>How to Carve Wood</TITLE>
<STYLE type="text/css">
DIV.mypars {text-align: right}
</STYLE>
<BODY>
<DIV class="mypars">
<P>...text in first paragraph...
<P>...text in second paragraph...
<P>...text in third paragraph...
</DIV>
To center the entire document with CSS:
<HEAD>
<TITLE>How to Carve Wood</TITLE>
<STYLE type="text/css">
BODY {text-align: center}
</STYLE>
<BODY>
...the body is centered...
</BODY>
The CENTER element is exactly equivalent to specifying the DIV element with the align attribute set to "center". The CENTER element is deprecated.