HTML Font Codes

Okay, if you're reading this, you're probably new to learning HTML codes which means that you've already plowed through what may have seemed like a metric ton of gobbledy-geek by now. Which means what I'm about to say may not sit quite right with you and that is...

Using HTML font codes is the old-fashioned way to create a website.

And let me make a clear distinction here. The operative word is website. If you just want to learn the basics of HTML and play around with a couple or three test pages to kind of get the hang of this whole web coding stuff then knock yourself out. Learn some HTML font coding.

In fact, acquiring a thorough knowledge of how things used to be done to format text on a web page will give you a greater appreciation for the professional way to build a website and that is to use CSS for all your web page styles.

Now that I've given you fair warning about using deprecated HTML, the good news is all web browsers will continue to render old-moldy web coding just as always since ceasing to support deprecated HTML tags would render a large portion of the world wide web invisible.

So the bottom line is, yes, go ahead. Use HTML font codes with reckless abandon.

Just be advised that there is a better way of doing things although it involves learning yet another (yikes) web language known as CSS. I have a full section of CSS tutorials right here in case that's the route you want to take.

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Alright now that we've sent all the hardcore fledgling web designers rushing off to another section of my website, the rest of you just-show-me-how-to-format-text-on-my-web-page-the-easy-way people check out the list of HTML font code tutorials below.

Just click on each heading to view the full tutorial on each subject...

HTML Font Color Codes

Here's how to use the font tag and the color attribute to change the color of text on your web page. This page has a full list of officially recognized color names you can use in your source code as well as an easy-to-use color chart and another easy-to-use color slider which will let you create the exact color you want and then get the proper hexadecimal color code to use in your HTML...

HTML Font Size Codes

Here's the complete lowdown on HTML font size codes along with several different ways of writing the code (you can choose the method that seems the most intuitive to you) as well as which font sizes are most appropriate to use on your web pages...

HTML Font Styles & Codes

Here's where you get to learn how to apply a particular font style, a.k.a., typeface to the text on your web page. Unfortunately, the selection of fonts you can use on web pages is limited to those commonly installed on most people's computers. This page goes into greater detail on this and provides the HTML coding required to apply a certain font style...

More HTML Font Styles - Bold/Italic Codes

Here's where you'll learn how to make text bold or italic, underlined on your web pages as well as some other fancy schmancy text styles like for example how would you properly render the chemical notation 'H₂0'...?

Combining HTML Font Codes

With all this code flying about, things may get a little jumbled (and messed up). This page will show you the proper way to combine font codes so that they don't start mixing it up and knocking one another out... :D