<div class="content">
  <p>Content inherits &apos;Arial&apos; font and orange color from body</p>
  <h2>H2 inherits orange color, but adopted a <span>new font!</span></h2>
</div>
body {
  font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
  color: orange;
}

.content {
  /* Inherits font-family and color from body */
}

.content h2 {
  /* Also inherits those traits, unless explicitly changed */
  font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;

  span {
    color: white;
  }
}







/* Other layout rules not directly related to the example */

body {
  margin: 0px;
  height: 100svh;
  display: grid;
  place-content: center;
  background: #0d3b66;
  padding: 2rem;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

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