"Because something directly targeted the <p> . Direct styles beat inheritance. The river only flows to untouched land."
"Some properties are family heirlooms," the Keeper explained. "If you set font-family on the <body> , every child— <p> , <h1> , <li> —inherits it. You don't have to repeat yourself."
The Keeper snorted. "CSS is architecture . Before you paint the walls, you must understand the room."
"No. Borders. Margins. Padding. Width. Height. Those are personal . A box's border does not pass to its children. That would be chaos."