body { background-color: #D3D3D3; /*LightGray*/ margin: 5px; padding: 0px; /* "When aligning elements" (eg, with float) ", it is always a good idea to predefine margin and padding for the element. This is to avoid visual differences in different browsers." (http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_align.asp) "But with margin: 0; the top div is up against the roof of the page. margin: 5px; seems better." (02/04/2013) */ color: blue; font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif; font-size: 100%; /*see 03/03/2015*/ line-height: 2; } .italic{ font-style:italic; } .bold { font-weight: bold; } .center { text-align: center; } .indent { margin-left: 30px; } .indent-more { margin-left: 50px; } .line-height-less { line-height: 1.5; } .margin-bottom-small { margin-bottom: 4px; } .margin-top-small { margin-top: 4px; } .margin-top-large { margin-top: 32px; } .margin-bottom-large { margin-bottom: 32px; } .font-smaller { font-size: 90%; } .font-bigger { font-size: 110%; }