Setting a default font face and size for a table?

[Isaac Grover]

Hi everyone,

Rather than have this construct in my pages:

<table>
<tr><td><font face=arial size=3>line1</font></td></tr>
<tr><td><font face=arial size=3>line2</font></td></tr>
<tr><td><font face=arial size=3>line3</font></td></tr>
</table>

Is there a way to have a default "font" statement somewhere within the table
that sets the font parameters for every cell in that table?

Thanks,
Isaac

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[David Dorward]

Isaac Grover wrote:

Hi everyone,

Rather than have this construct in my pages:

<table>
<tr><td><font face=arial size=3>line1</font></td></tr>

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[Jukka K. Korpela]

ep*****@myexcel.com (Isaac Grover) wrote:

Rather than have this construct in my pages:

<table>
<tr><td><font face=arial size=3>line1</font></td></tr>
<tr><td><font face=arial size=3>line2</font></td></tr>
<tr><td><font face=arial size=3>line3</font></td></tr>
</table>

Is there a way to have a default "font" statement somewhere within
the table that sets the font parameters for every cell in that table?

Yes, it is in the browser settings.

Admittedly, in _some_ cases it may make _some_ sense to suggest font
properties for a table. But size=3 is pointless, to begin with; unless
there's something weird on the page otherwise, <font size=3> just tells
the browser to do what it would do anyway.

The simple way to suggest font for a table is to use CSS. This used to be
a frequently asked question, but most people have probably found the CSS
way by now. Start by removing all font tags (using a suitable utility
like Tidy if needed), and then use a simple style sheet, e.g.

<style type="text/css">
td { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }
</style>

For a little longer example, see
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/styles/simple/table.html

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