Put these tags at the beginning of the section or word:
<font size=1>This is the smallest size text </font>
Appears like this: This is the smallest size text
<font size=7> This is the largest size text</font>
Appears like this: This is the largest size text
Size can be any number between 1 and 7.
The default is 3 so setting this size will normally make no difference to your page.
Change the FONT SIZE on your page to <font size=5>
<font color="#0000FF" > will change the text colour to blue. </font> will turn the colour back to the text colour set in the body tag. Experiment with changing part of your text to another colour.
This will <font face=arial>change the font used to display </font>on your screen.
Appears like this:This will change the font used to display on your screen.
This command may not work on all computers as they may not have that particular font or the browser may not display the change.