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say that the outer element (in this case the body element) is the parent and the

inner elements are the children. Many CSS styles are inherited by children.

For example, if you set the background color of the body to yellow, then all

elements in the body will also be yellow (unless explicitly specified otherwise).

3.3

The font Property

The font property accepts values that specify how the text that appears within

the element should be rendered. The minimal form of the font propery specifier

is

style="font: STYLE SIZE FAMILY ; .... "

where STYLE is typically  bold ,  italic  or simply omitted, SIZE is typically

expressed in points, e.g. 12pt, and FAMILY is one of the following standard font

families: serif, sans serif, cursive, fantasy, monospace. Thus, one could

create a heading with large sans serif letters as follows:

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One can also specify that the font should be italic or bold and one can specify

the spacing between the lines along with the font size. For example, the follow 

ing element defines a paragraph with a bold italic 12 point serif font, and the

paragraph is doubled spaced as the spacing between every two lines is 24 point.