title: Do we still need to use <font> tags in HTML emails?
body: <p>I'm taking over from someone who builds our HTML emails and the templates are filled with font tags. Is this really necessary? I know CSS support isn't great in emails, but if I set an inline style for text on the container <code>&lt;td&gt;</code> like this...</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;td style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica;color:#555555;font-size:12px"&gt;
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  <p>...then surely this will work across the majority of email clients. From the tests I've performed this seems to be the case, and <a href="http://24ways.org/2009/rock-solid-html-emails">this article</a> seems to confirm this.</p>
  
  <p>Anyone have any input as to whether <code>&lt;font&gt;</code> tags are really necessary in HTML emails?</p>