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		Izkata on March 21, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CSS's !important was added because of laws about f... `<html id="root"> #root#root#root div.legaltext { font-size: 12pt; }` That gives you a specificity that should override everything else. Would only be a problem if some other rule has 3 or more IDs, in which case you can add more here.

asddubs on March 21, 2022 [–]

css truly is a beautiful language

I'm thankful that I only ever do it in contexts where I control all the CSS and don't have to do silly stuff like that

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