Basic CSS Reset

/* use the universal selector to do a reset */
/* includes the ::before and ::after pseudo selectors to deal with content in those css declarations */

*,
*::before,
*::after {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  /* using the inherit keyword so all elements in the body will inherit
    box-sizing: border-box; */
  box-sizing: inherit;
}


/* font-size: 10px; */
/* making the assumption that the default browser
    font-size is 16px. Using the percentage reduces to 10px. */
html {
  font-size: 62.5%;
}

/* set elements to border-box to improve sizing calculations */
body {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

/* overall font properties set in the body element */
body {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 1.6rem;
  line-height: 1.7;
  color: #777;
}