Assertion:
The effects of the FONT element are generally not inherited by content nested inside tables. If an author wishes to ensure that the effects of the FONT element are applied everywhere, the element must also be applied for every table cell in a table (in such a case CSS would be a simpler answer.) These are the FONT attributes which apply to content within tables:
Internet Explorer
2.0: COLOR and FACE applied, SIZE ignored
3.0+: FACE applied, COLOR and SIZE ignored
Netscape:
None of the FONT element attributes has any effect on content nested in tables.
Opera:
All FONT element attributes have an effect on content nested in tables.

NOTE: This test has a HTML 4.0 Strict doctype to trigger Standards mode

Plain TABLE border=2, no FONT surrounding:
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TD Cell 1TH Cell 2
TH Cell 3TD Cell 4
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Plain TABLE border=2, no FONT SIZE=6 surrounding:
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TD Cell 1TH Cell 2
TH Cell 3TD Cell 4
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Plain TABLE border=2, no FONT color=green surrounding:
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TD Cell 1TH Cell 2
TH Cell 3TD Cell 4
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Plain TABLE border=2, no FONT face=courier surrounding:
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TD Cell 1TH Cell 2
TH Cell 3TD Cell 4
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