Your CSS reset rules don’t have to be a mile long, and most modern browsers are now pretty uniform with their base layout. Below you’ll find what I judge to be a good minimal effective dose for a reset. Just copy it in your new projects and you’ll be up and running.
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html {
box-sizing: border-box;
font-size: 16px;
}
*, *:before, *:after {
box-sizing: inherit;
}
body, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, ol, ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
font-weight: normal;
}
ol, ul {
list-style: none;
}
img {
max-width: 100%;
height: auto;
}
box-sizing: border-box
, as this will ensure consistent and predictable sizing. The default value of content-box doesn’t account for the padding or border.font-weight: normal
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