#### 30.6.1 Specifying a default font and size

You can specify the default font and size to use; for example:

    [Base]
    ; Font name and size put out at start of file, default none
    Font=Times
    Size=3

Not all browsers respect this setting. If you use CSS, the default value of Basefont is reversed to No; see §31.5 Understanding how CSS affects other options.

You can suppress the <basefont> tag entirely, or omit the face attribute while retaining size:

    [HTMLOptions]
    ; Basefont = Yes (default) or No (no <basefont> tag put out)
    ;  Default is reversed to No if UseCSS=Yes.
    Basefont = No
    ; UseFontSize = Yes (default, allow size attrib in font tags) or No;
    ; reversed for Eclipse Help and JavaHelp
    UseFontSize = No
    ; UseFontFace = Yes (default, allow face attrib in font tags) or No
    UseFontFace = No

For Eclipse Help and JavaHelp, the default value of UsefontSize is reversed to No.

If you do not use CSS, and you are not using <font> tags either, you will get whatever fonts a browser specifies as defaults.

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30.6.5 Accommodating browser font-rendering differences