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Purpose: undo some of the default styling of common (X)HTML browsers. (CC) 2004 Tantek Celik.
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/* undohtml.css */ /* (CC) 2004 Tantek Celik. Some Rights Reserved. */ /* http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 */ /* This style sheet is licensed under a Creative Commons License. */ /* http://www.tantek.com/log/2004/undohtml.css */ /* Purpose: undo some of the default styling of common (X)HTML browsers */ /* link underlines tend to make hypertext less readable, because underlines obscure the shapes of the lower halves of words */ :link,:visited { text-decoration:none } /* no list-markers by default, since lists are used more often for semantics */ ul,ol { list-style:none } /* avoid browser default inconsistent heading font-sizes */ /* and pre/code too */ h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,pre,code { font-size:1em; } /* remove the inconsistent (among browsers) default ul,ol padding or margin */ /* the default spacing on headings does not match nor align with normal interline spacing at all, so let's get rid of it. */ /* zero out the spacing around pre, form, body, html, p, blockquote as well */ /* form elements are oddly inconsistent, and not quite CSS emulatable. */ /* nonetheless strip their margin and padding as well */ ul,ol,li,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,pre,form,body,html,p,blockquote,fieldset,input { margin:0; padding:0 } /* whoever thought blue linked image borders were a good idea? */ a img,:link img,:visited img { border:none } /* de-italicize address */ address { font-style:normal } /* more varnish stripping as necessary... */
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I still prefer YUI reset css file. I guess it's more reliable.
The (albeit heavier) Blueprint CSS Framework provides a more comprehensive reset, in addition to solving a variety of other base-level issues and common developer chores, such as print styling, form styling, etc. Not to mention the grid layout with its push and pull methods.