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HTML BODY Tag:
Elements with Graphical Effects.

Computing & Information Services Department.
jim.cerny@unh.edu

http://www.unh.edu/NIS/Courses/Graphics/Body/
updated 17-MAY-1999

There are many HTML BODY elements that have graphical effects by using backgrounds (colors and patterns) and fonts.

  1. Colors for page backgrounds. <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <!-- white --> <BODY BGCOLOR="white">

  2. Patterns for page backgrounds. <BODY BACKGROUND="/Graphics/Backs/yellowpad.gif"> Yellowpad example.

  3. Colors for page text and links. <BODY BGCOLOR="white" TEXT="back" LINK="blue" VLINK="orange" ALINK="green"> Clairvoyance example.

  4. Font sizes, colors, faces, and styles. <FONT SIZE="+1" COLOR="red" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </FONT> fonts with CSS.
    fonts with Bitstream PFR technology.
    pages and fonts with Adobe Acrobat PDF technology.

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