problems with CSS

[dotnetcoder4u]

i'm using exeternal style sheet for the body of my pages and I know I am referencing the style sheet ok because i can change other properties but for some reason when I change the font size it does not show font size change on the page. My style sheet code:

<CODE>
BODY
{
background-color: white;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-style: normal;
line-height: 16px;
font-weight: normal;
font-variant: normal;
word-spacing: normal;
}
</CODE>

The text on the page is inside a row, cell, and paragraph in that order
<code>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
text here
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</code>

What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks,

Joe

[ray326]

What am I doing wrong here?

Putting it in a table and not using a valid doctype.

[The Little Guy]

maybe try this:

.font1{
font-size: 14px;
}


<p class="font1">Text here</p>

[Fang]

BODY, table
{
background-color: white;
font-family: Verdana
.
.