Question

Let’s say that I want to specify Arial in the HTML header – and I want it to apply to everything.

Do I have to list each element type explicitly? Or can I set them all with a single statement?

Answer 1

You can use the * selector which applies to everything:

<style>
* {
    font-family: Arial;
}
</style>

Note that this may be overkill for your purposes – due to the nature of CSS, styles set on parent elements are generally inherited by child elements, and thus, it’s usually enough to set a font style on the body element to apply to the entire page.

body {
    font-family: Arial;
}