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</html>/*
Name: Smashing HTML5
Date: July 2009
Description: Sample layout for HTML5 and CSS3 goodness.
Version: 1.0
Author: Enrique Ramírez
Autor URI: http://enrique-ramirez.com
*/
/* Imports */
@import url("reset.css");
@import url("global-forms.css");
/***** Global *****/
/* Body */
body {
background: #F5F4EF url('../images/bg.png');
color: #000305;
font-size: 87.5%; /* Base font size: 14px */
font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif;
line-height: 1.429;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-align: left;
}
/* Headings */
h2 {font-size: 1.571em} /* 22px */
h3 {font-size: 1.429em} /* 20px */
h4 {font-size: 1.286em} /* 18px */
h5 {font-size: 1.143em} /* 16px */
h6 {font-size: 1em} /* 14px */
h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
font-weight: 400;
line-height: 1.1;
margin-bottom: .8em;
}
/* Anchors */
a {outline: 0;}
a img {border: 0px; text-decoration: none;}
a:link, a:visited {
color: #C74350;
padding: 0 1px;
text-decoration: underline;
}
a:hover, a:active {
background-color: #C74350;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #333;
}
/* Paragraphs */
p {margin-bottom: 1.143em;}
* p:last-child {margin-bottom: 0;}
strong, b {font-weight: bold;}
em, i {font-style: italic;}
::-moz-selection {background: #F6CF74; color: #fff;}
::selection {background: #F6CF74; color: #fff;}
/* Lists */
ul {
list-style: outside disc;
margin: 1em 0 1.5em 1.5em;
}
ol {
list-style: outside decimal;
margin: 1em 0 1.5em 1.5em;
}
dl {margin: 0 0 1.5em 0;}
dt {font-weight: bold;}
dd {margin-left: 1.5em;}
/* Quotes */
blockquote {font-style: italic;}
cite {}
q {}
/* Tables */
table {margin: .5em auto 1.5em auto; width: 98%;}
/* Thead */
thead th {padding: .5em .4em; text-align: left;}
thead td {}
/* Tbody */
tbody td {padding: .5em .4em;}
tbody th {}
tbody .alt td {}
tbody .alt th {}
/* Tfoot */
tfoot th {}
tfoot td {}/* http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/
v2.0 | 20110126
License: none (public domain)
*/
html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
b, u, i, center,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
fieldset, form, label, legend,
table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td,
article, aside, canvas, details, embed,
figure, figcaption, footer, header, hgroup,
menu, nav, output, ruby, section, summary,
time, mark, audio, video {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
font-size: 100%;
font: inherit;
vertical-align: baseline;
}
/* HTML5 display-role reset for older browsers */
article, aside, details, figcaption, figure,
footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section {
display: block;
}
body {
line-height: 1;
}
ol, ul {
list-style: none;
}
blockquote, q {
quotes: none;
}
blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
q:before, q:after {
content: '';
content: none;
}
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
border-spacing: 0;
}