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In introducing the FONT element, it becomes useful to set the base-level font size or characteristics for the entire document. This is done via BASEFONT. Thus <BASEFONT SIZE="3"> sets the base font for the document to 3. Relative fonts, selected by FONT, are then determined relative to this base size.
1. You should always put BASEFONT at the beginning of the document body, as otherwise odd things will happen...
2. Recall also that if <BASEFONT SIZE=7>, then <FONT SIZE=+2> will not work, as 7 is the largest possible font size.
3. In Netscape Navigator 3 and 4, the BASEFONT only affects text outside a TABLE -- the text inside a table is unaffected.
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