Posted by Stan McCann on 03/11/06 22:26

"Manfred Ullrich" <manfred.ullrich@web.de> wrote in
news:4412b11f$0$12228$9b4e6d93@newsread2.arcor-online.net:

>
> "Adrienne Boswell" <arbpen2003@sbcglobal.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:Xns978311CA5A948arbpenyahoocom@69.28.186.121...
>> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Manfred Ullrich"
>> <manfred.ullrich@web.de> writing in news:4412984a$0$12927$9b4e6d93
>> @newsread4.arcor-online.net:
>>
>> > the font-definition outside the table is not valid within the
>> > table. I have to define it in every <td> within the table..
>> > Isn't it possible to define it once for the whole table?
>> >
>> Sure.
>>
>> table {font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size:100%;}

Correct modern standard way (although I would lose the verdana).

>>
> I suppose your hint only works with stylesheets.
> Isn't it possible to manage the problem without stylesheets?

It certainly is possible. But, if you go to your home builder and tell
him, "I don't want to use wood and shingle, I want to use straw on the
roof, isn't it possible?" Do you want to do it the standard way (the
way most that read/post here frequently),(the way most modern
construction companies work), or the 10 year (1000 years?) old way?

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