diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/fpshtml.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/fpshtml.pas
index 65077c2c3..c8668ba08 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/fpshtml.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/fpshtml.pas
@@ -458,8 +458,9 @@ var
   f: Double;
   defFntSize: Single;
 begin
-  // style tags
-  idx := FAttrList.IndexOfName('font-family');
+  idx := FAttrList.IndexOfName('font-family');    // style tag
+  if idx = -1 then
+    idx := FAttrList.IndexOfName('face');         // html tag
   if idx > -1 then begin
     L := TStringList.Create;
     try
@@ -472,6 +473,8 @@ begin
   end;
 
   idx := FAttrList.IndexOfName('font-size');
+  if idx = -1 then
+    idx := FAttrList.IndexOfName('size');
   if idx > -1 then begin
     defFntSize := FWorkbook.GetDefaultFont.Size;
     s := FAttrList[idx].Value;
@@ -710,7 +713,7 @@ begin
     ReadHorAlign;
     ReadVertAlign;
     ReadFont(FCellFont);
-    if NoCaseTag[3] = 'H' then begin
+    if NoCaseTag[3] = 'H' then begin        // for <TH>
       Include(FCellFont.Style, fssBold);
       FCurrCellFormat.HorAlignment := haCenter;
       Include(FCurrCellFormat.UsedFormattingFields, uffHorAlign);
@@ -782,8 +785,19 @@ begin
       FCurrFont.Position := fpNormal else
       FCurrFont.Position := fpSuperscript;
     AddRichTextParam(FCurrFont);
-  end
-  else
+  end else
+  if (pos('<FONT ', NoCaseTag) = 1) then
+  begin
+    FAttrList.Parse(ActualTag);
+    ReadFont(FCurrFont);
+    AddRichTextparam(FCurrFont);
+  end else
+  if (pos('<SPAN ', NoCaseTag) = 1) then
+  begin
+    FAttrList.Parse(ActualTag);
+    ReadFont(FCurrFont);
+    AddRichTextParam(FCurrFont);
+  end else
   if ((NoCaseTag = '<BR>') or (pos('<BR ', NoCaseTag) = 1)) then
     FCellText := FCellText + LineEnding;
   (*
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/fpshtmlutils.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/fpshtmlutils.pas
index 5d8bbe220..026591b66 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/fpshtmlutils.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/fpshtmlutils.pas
@@ -521,19 +521,18 @@ begin
   begin
     case AStyle[i] of
       ':': begin  // name-value separator
-             inc(i);  // skip ':'
-             while (i <= len) and (AStyle[i] = ' ') do inc(i);  // skip white space
+             inc(i);  // skip ':' ...
+             while (i <= len) and (AStyle[i] = ' ') do inc(i);  // ... and white space
              value := '';
              while (i <= len) and (AStyle[i] <> ';') do
              begin
                value := value + AStyle[i];
                inc(i);
              end;
-          //   inc(i);  // skip final ';'
              Add(TsHTMLAttr.Create(lowercase(trim(nam)), UnquoteStr(trim(value))));
              nam := '';
            end;
-      ' ': ;
+      ' ': ;   // skip white space
       else nam := nam + AStyle[i];
     end;
     inc(i);