To see a list of character entities, visit this page:
http://profdevtrain.austincc.edu/html/entities.htm
HTML Fonts
The tag in HTML is deprecated. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has removed the
tag from its recommendations. In future versions of HTML, style sheets (CSS) will be used to
define the layout and display properties of HTML elements.
The Tag Should NOT be used.
HTML Backgrounds
Backgrounds
The tag has two attributes where you can specify backgrounds. The background can be a color
or an image.
Bgcolor
The bgcolor attribute specifies a background-color for an HTML page. The value of this attribute can be
a hexadecimal number, an RGB value, or a color name:
The lines above all set the background-color to black.
Background
The background attribute can also specify a background-image for an HTML page. The value of this
attribute is the URL of the image you want to use. If the image is smaller than the browser window,
the image will repeat itself until it fills the entire browser window.
The URL can be relative (as in the first line above) or absolute (as in the second line above).
If you want to use a background image, you should keep in mind:
Will the background image increase the loading time too much?
Will the background image look good with other images on the page?
Will the background image look good with the text colors on the page?
Will the background image look good when it is repeated on the page?
Will the background image take away the focus from the text?
Note: The bgcolor, background, and the text attributes in the tag are deprecated in
the latest versions of HTML (HTML 4 and XHTML). The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has
removed these attributes from its recommendations. Style sheets (CSS) should be used instead
(to define the layout and display properties of HTML elements).
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