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Originally Posted by AlanHK

I've see a few books using this CSS:

p{margin:0;text-align:justify;}
p+p{text-indent:1.4em;}

I was using that but it's too big of a hammer, even for me. There are times when I want an indent but the previous thing isn't a p, for example, a figure, or a div around whatever, or a blockquote. So now I use

dl + p,
hr + p,
header + p,
p:first-child {
    margin-top: 1.0em;
    text-indent: 0em;
 }

body p {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    text-indent: 2em;
}

(I like big fat indents.)

In other words, only specify where you don't want an indent. Also, the logic this way is clearer; saying "no indent for p, but then indent a p when it's after a p" can be confusing for someone looking at your css. With coding/programming it's usually better to make things clear and avoid clever tricks that could be misunderstood or hard to understand.