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Originally Posted by Jellby

If you specify text-indent in both classes, for instance, a nested div will add the indents, while a multi-class div will keep only the one with higher preference.

Assuming I've done this correctly I'm seeing the inner div overriding the outer div. It was the same with indent2 specified as div.indent2. Regardless, the nested divs make it easier to figure out what's going on; no need to figure out if there's any precedence involved.

Anyhow, thanks; I'm glad to know that there is a difference.

.indent2 {
    text-indent: 2em;
}

div.indent1 {
    text-indent: 1em;
}

  <div class="indent2">
    <p><b>indent2</b> Dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.</p>
  </div>

  <div class="indent2">
    <div class="indent1">
      <p><b>div indent2, div indent1</b> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.</p>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="indent1">
    <div class="indent2">
  <p><b>div indent1, div indent2</b> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.</p>
    </div>
  </div>

<div class="indent2 indent1">
  <p><b>div indent2 indent1</b> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.</p>
</div>

<div class="indent1 indent2">
  <p><b>div indent1 indent2</b> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>
</div>