--- title: Web Fundamentals: CSS - Inheritance & Hierarchy | daily.dev description: A beginner-friendly guide to CSS inheritance and the cascade. Covers which properties are inheritable by default (text, font, visibility, list-style), how to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/web-fundamentals-css---inheritance-hierarchy-vlzzzsguh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Web Fundamentals: CSS - Inheritance & Hierarchy | daily.dev og:description: A beginner-friendly guide to CSS inheritance and the cascade. 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