WordPress Gurus? Help!

[Kevsh]

I only use Wordpress a little and so far, haven't done anything fancy. But today I wanted to create a larger font for a link and couldn't figure it out.

For example, I add something like the following (using the HTML pop-up window from the Write Post page):

<A HREF="" STYLE="font-size: 14pt;">link here</A>

When I click the Update button the STYLE="font-size: 14pt;" portion has been removed.

If I do the following:

<A HREF=""><FONT SIZE="4">link here</A>

After the update, the SIZE="4" is dropped leaving an empty <FONT> tag.

To make matters worse, in the main editing window (Write Post), the toolbar doesn't have an option for font size. Looked under Options and didn't see anything helpful ...

So how can I use CSS styles within my posts without WordPress deleting?
Thanks

[DateDoc]

if you have WP 2.0 or later you can write the post in HTML. Just click on the html icon in the icon bar at the top of the text box.

[poondaddy]

Try to edit the main CSS file for the theme.

[Kevsh]

Try to edit the main CSS file for the theme.

I tried a few other things, but this seems to be the best way, thanks.
I simply added some lines to the main CSS template to increase font sizes for links, etc.