Can a CSS class inherit one or more other classes?

Question

I feel dumb for having been a web programmer for so long and not knowing the answer to this question, I actually hope it\'s possible and I just didn\'t know about rather tha

Answer 1

Keep your common attributes together and assign specific (or override) attributes again.

/*  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ */   
/*  Headings */ 
/*  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ */   
h1, h2, h3, h4
{
    font-family         : myfind-bold;
    color               : #4C4C4C;
    display:inline-block;
    width:900px;
    text-align:left;
    background-image: linear-gradient(0,   #F4F4F4, #FEFEFE);/* IE6 & IE7 */
}

h1  
{
    font-size           : 300%;
    padding             : 45px 40px 45px 0px;
}

h2
{
    font-size           : 200%;
    padding             : 30px 25px 30px 0px;
}