ont</code>) that should be used whenever possible, even in cases
where only one value is explicitly set.</p>

<p>Using shorthand properties is useful for code efficiency and understandability.</p>

<pre><code class="language-css bad">/* Not recommended */
border-top-style: none;
font-family: palatino, georgia, serif;
font-size: 100%;
line-height: 1.6;
padding-bottom: 2em;
padding-left: 1em;
padding-right: 1em;
padding-top: 0;
</code></pre>

<pre><code class="language-css good">/* Recommended */
border-top: 