formatting a tool tip without using a styleSheet

I am trying to format the appearance of a tool tip tool tip without using a style sheet (I have already set a style sheet for this button and a new style sheet will over rite the old one). so far, I have this:

Code:

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self.ui.taxTables.setToolTip('<b><font color=red><font-size: 24px><background-color: #00ffff>My tool tip message is here')

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The bold and the font color work, but the font-size and background color do not. Is it possible to format a tool tip this way? Is the syntax not correct?

thanks
Newbie

Refer to the Qt documentation on the subset of HTML support in the Rich Text Format, which is what you (maybe unknowingly) are using in your tooltip.

Thanks for responding

Well, I read the documentation. I do not know HTML, and the docs do not give me an example that I can follow. I do not know the syntax, like when and where to use <>, =, :, or "". One example of using all of my fonts, colors, background, and font size would help.