Use inherit to reduce repetition of CSS property values

Every now and then you will find yourself having to repeat the same value for a particular property in several CSS rules. Sometimes doing so is necessary, but there are some situations when you can use the “inherit” value to avoid repeating yourself.

In my experience, the properties I use inherit for most often are color plus properties related to background and font (both shorthand and the individual properties like background-color, font-size and font-family).

A few examples, then.

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