Attribute for <FONT ...>
POINT-SIZE = integer

Usage Recommendation
Moving to Styles
This effect is done better with styles. See Break the <FONT> Habit

This information is presented for the sake of completion and historical accuracy. Don't use the <FONT ...> tag. It will make your life difficult. See Break the <FONT> Habit for an easy tutorial on styles. If you would like to learn how to set font sizes, see Font Size.
POINT-SIZE is a Netscape attempt to correct the nonsense of <FONT SIZE="...">. POINT-SIZE is only recognized by Netscape. POINT-SIZE allows you to give an explicit point size for the font. For example, this code creates sets the font to 60 points:

this code produces this
<FONT POINT-SIZE="60pt">Whatever</FONT>
Whatever





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