Here's some normal text in a paragraph that is in a sans-serif font and is 200% the default size. This is all thanks to the styles set on the BODY element.
This text is found inside a table, and so it will look different based on the DOCTYPE. | In "strict" mode, the text will be the same as the paragraph above. In "loose" mode, the text will be the default size. |
Here's another paragraph outside the table.
This paragraph should be five hundred pixels wide, totaling one hundred pixels of padding and four hundred pixels of content width. In "strict" mode, this will be the case. In "loose" mode, the element will be four hundred pixels wide, with the padding being subtracted from the value of 'width' instead of being added.