changing the font of an entire table

[hwttdz]

Can you change the font of an entire table without putting a tag in each cell individually. I tried

<font>
<table>
<tr>'s and <td>'s
</table>
</font>

and it does not seem to have made any difference.

[scragar]

<table style="font: 10pt arial, sans-serif;">
<thead>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1-1</td>
<td>1-2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2-1</td>
<td>2-2</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>