How Default Browser Styles Affect a Document

Just before we begin building fun projects, you should be aware that your styles aren't the only styles at play. Most browsers have a default implementation control a default set of styles already applied to the HTML elements.

There are way over 40 browsers in the world. I was curious so I checked Wikipedia. Some aren’t popular, but you get the gist.

Your users can be on any browser, and you do not have a control​ over what browsers they choose to use.

While I would advise that you do not concern yourself with cross-browser issues when you begin with CSS, it is important to know that browsers by default​ have some styling on all html elements.

To describe this, consider the simple html document below

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