title: Why isn't my <select> "font-family" property inheriting from <body>?
body: <p>My code:</p>
  
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  <pre class="snippet-code-css lang-css prettyprint-override"><code>body {
      font-family:"Verdana",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
  }
  .myfont {
      font-family:"Verdana",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
  }</code></pre>
  <pre class="snippet-code-html lang-html prettyprint-override"><code>&lt;body&gt;
      Hello
      &lt;select&gt;
          &lt;option&gt;
              Hello
          &lt;/option&gt;
      &lt;/select&gt;
      &lt;select class="myfont"&gt;
          &lt;option&gt;
              Hello
          &lt;/option&gt;
      &lt;/select&gt;
  &lt;/body&gt;</code></pre>
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  <p>Why is the first <code>&lt;select&gt;</code> element not inheriting the <code>font-family</code> property from the specification for <code>&lt;body&gt;</code>?</p>
  
  <p>If I have to change the font for a <code>&lt;select&gt;</code> why do I have to copy the style?</p>