OK thanks, I had wondered about that one and never could figure it out on my own.
In the old days when we all had to use html it was more significant. Lots of quirks then. If one person changed the font color it would stay that color till we could get their attention and have them switch it back.
We had an evening group that met ,gossiped etc My dad called it the backyard fence ...America had a big backyard. Miss the girls lol