For web content and to ensure cross-browser compatibility, several reset scrips have emerged over time, namely reset.css or normalize.css.

Does it make sense to use such a script for Prince?

Hmm, it really depends on what you are doing. If you are making a document that has to work in Prince and across multiple browsers, then it might make sense.

No, it's for use by Prince only. I thought more along the lines of establishing a "clean slate" since I don't know what presets are being used. (CSS has always felt like dabbling in the fog to me... )

With Prince you can tell exactly which properties are in use, just check style/xhtml.css.

Hello, little fella! Thanks Mike

I'd be curious to see others' CSS resets for Prince. I've posted mine (early, not properly tested yet) here:

https://gist.github.com/arthurattwell/2b98a21e9567727ea19d9ea495347be5

We're creating Sass templates that others can tweak for their book designs, especially non-technical designers without Prince experience. By resetting CSS we're aiming to reduce unexpected results.

You can also run Prince with the --no-default-style option, although you will then need to ensure that you provide your own style sheet to specify display values for block elements and other vital tasks.

Thanks, Mike. I didn't know about that option. Neat! For now I don't reset everything, and still rely on many basic block element and other rules from the default styles.

Edited 21 Sep 2016 by arthurattwell