CSS to Control Fonts in Tables

In ordinary HTML, one must include a tag inside of every tag in a table to change the font size, color, and face in a table from what appears elsewhere on the page. If one tries to use a single size to surround the table, only the face attribute is applied in IE and Netscape 6, and no attributes are applied in Netscape 4.7 as shown below.
Cell one Cell two
Cell three Cell four

In CSS, one can apply these CSS text rules to the table tag. This works in IE6 and Netscape 6, but not in Netscape 4.7 as shown below.
Cell one Cell two
Cell three Cell four

Solution that works in all 3 browsers -- applying it to td tag