Resets CSS so all browsers are the same, and sets a cross-browser base font size (verdana 13px)

body,div,dl,dt,dd,ul,ol,li,h1,h2,h3,h4,pre,form,fieldset,input,p,blockquote,th,td{margin:0;padding:0;}
table{border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;}
fieldset,img{border:0;}
cite,code,em,strong,th{font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;}
ol,ul{list-style:none;}
th{text-align:left;}
h1,h2,h3,h4{font-size:100%;}
q:before,q:after{content:'';}
body{font:13px verdana,sans-serif;*font-size:small;*font:x-small;}
table{font-size:inherit;font:100%;}
select,input,textarea{font:99% verdana,sans-serif;}
pre,code{font:115% monospace;*font-size:100%;}
body*{line-height:1.22em;}

Base font-sizing added to base.css

/*
        Reset default styles // base.css
        AUTH: Austin Govella (austin.govella@gmail.com)
        DATE: 2006-05-11
        DESC: Resets default styles for all browsers (merges Tantek Celik's undohtml.css and Yahoo's reset.css), and
              sets base font size to 13px verdana (based on Y!'s fonts.css).
        NOTE: Included in main.css w/ @import
        REVS: 2006-05-12 - Removed elements not commonly used - ACG
              2006-07-01 - Added base font sizing - ACG 
*/



/* Reset default styles across browsers
---------------------------------------- */
body,div,dl,dt,dd,ul,ol,li,h1,h2,h3,h4,pre,form,fieldset,input,p,blockquote,th,td{margin:0;padding:0;}
table{border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;}
fieldset,img{border:0;}
cite,code,em,strong,th{font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;}
ol,ul{list-style:none;}
th{text-align:left;}
h1,h2,h3,h4{font-size:100%;}
q:before,q:after{content:'';}



/* Set uniform base font size
---------------------------------------- */
body{font:13px verdana,sans-serif;*font-size:small;*font:x-small;}
table{font-size:inherit;font:100%;}
select,input,textarea{font:99% verdana,sans-serif;}
pre,code{font:115% monospace;*font-size:100%;}
body * {line-height:1.22em;}