diff --git a/_scss/_base.scss b/_scss/_base.scss
index 33fa120cc1..ab25d13e3c 100755
--- a/_scss/_base.scss
+++ b/_scss/_base.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 html {
-    font-family: sans-serif;
+    font-family: $font;
     -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
         -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
     -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ a {
     color: $primary-links;
     text-decoration: none;
     outline: none;
-    &:hover {
+    &:hover, &:focus {
         opacity: .8;
         text-decoration: none;
     }
diff --git a/_scss/_buttons.scss b/_scss/_buttons.scss
index 62c357db63..0e1c94f28e 100755
--- a/_scss/_buttons.scss
+++ b/_scss/_buttons.scss
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ a.button.outline-btn.min-hgt {
 .outline-btn {
     background: #fff;
     border: 1px solid #0087C8;
-    text-decoration: none;
     margin: 0;
     &:hover {
       color: #1488C6;
diff --git a/_scss/_content.scss b/_scss/_content.scss
index 398752cd1a..3c9cb050b6 100755
--- a/_scss/_content.scss
+++ b/_scss/_content.scss
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-/*
- * Images **********************************************************************
- */
 
-.content img {
-    display: block;
+.content, p {
+  line-height: 24px;
+
+  img {
+    display:   block;
+    height:    auto;
     max-width: 100%;
-    height: auto;
+  }
 }
 
 /*
@@ -95,10 +96,8 @@ h3:hover > a.anchorLink
 
 a.glossary {
     color: $body-text;
-    text-decoration: none;
     outline: none;
      &:hover {
         opacity: 1;
-        text-decoration: none;
     }
 }
diff --git a/_scss/_landing.scss b/_scss/_landing.scss
index f4639ba580..83548be8a2 100644
--- a/_scss/_landing.scss
+++ b/_scss/_landing.scss
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ body.landing {
   $icons: rocket, download-docker, guides, whats-new, manuals, reference;
 
   .card {
+    color: $body-text;
     background-color: $bg-card;
     box-shadow: 0 3px 6px rgba(11, 33, 74, 0.09),
       0 -2px 2px rgba(11, 33, 74, 0.03);
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ body.landing {
     .title {
       font-size: 16px;
       line-height: 16px;
-      margin: 8px 0;
+      margin: 10px 0;
 
       @include sm-width {
         font-size: 18px;
@@ -213,11 +214,6 @@ body.landing {
     display: block;
     transition: transform 150ms ease-in-out;
 
-    &:focus,
-    &:visited {
-      text-decoration: none;
-    }
-
     &:hover {
       opacity: 1;
       transform: scale(1.01);
diff --git a/_scss/_layout.scss b/_scss/_layout.scss
index 7702dad091..679919546a 100755
--- a/_scss/_layout.scss
+++ b/_scss/_layout.scss
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ footer {
             color: #637986;
             font-size: 12px;
             line-height: 16px;
-            text-decoration: none;
         }
     }
 }
@@ -184,7 +183,6 @@ footer {
 }
 
 .footer-copyright p {
-    font-family: $font;
     font-size: 12px;
     line-height: 17px;
     color: #637986;
diff --git a/_scss/_navigation.scss b/_scss/_navigation.scss
index 9524e44743..82c06a30a5 100755
--- a/_scss/_navigation.scss
+++ b/_scss/_navigation.scss
@@ -70,14 +70,11 @@
 .nav-sidebar ul li a:focus,
 .nav-sidebar ul li a:hover {
     border-bottom: none;
-    text-decoration: none;
 }
 
 .nav-sidebar ul li a.active,
 .nav-sidebar.nav>li>a:focus {
-    cursor: default;
     background: #F3F4F4;
-    color: #2089C4;
     border-left: 4px solid $primary-links;
     font-weight: 600;
 }
@@ -122,7 +119,6 @@
             display: inline-block;
             font-size: 12px;
             padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px;
-            text-decoration: none;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/_scss/_night-mode.scss b/_scss/_night-mode.scss
index c3b95d77c3..069cd293e1 100755
--- a/_scss/_night-mode.scss
+++ b/_scss/_night-mode.scss
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ body.night {
             background-color: $bg-header-night;
         }
         .card, .cardlet {
+            color: inherit;
             background-color: $bg-card-night;
         }
     }
 
-    p,ol,ul,
     .rating-nero-value,
     .reading-time {
         color: $body-text-night !important;
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ body.night {
     .nav-sidebar ul li a.active,
     .nav-sidebar.nav>li>a:focus,
     .toc-nav li a.active {
-        color: $active-sidebar-night;
         background: #0a151a;
         border-left: 4px solid $primary-links;
     }
diff --git a/_scss/_notes.scss b/_scss/_notes.scss
index 39b7f53a4b..32142859d7 100644
--- a/_scss/_notes.scss
+++ b/_scss/_notes.scss
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 blockquote {
   background-color:  $note-bg-color;
   border-left-color: $note-color;
+  font-size:         unset; // override bootstrap font-size for blockquotes
 
   > p:first-child {
     color:       $note-color;
diff --git a/_scss/_overrides.scss b/_scss/_overrides.scss
index 69a0a91452..1162da1946 100755
--- a/_scss/_overrides.scss
+++ b/_scss/_overrides.scss
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
 .dropdown-menu>li>a:focus,
 .dropdown-menu>li>a:hover {
     color: #ffffff;
-    text-decoration: none;
     background-color: #0c5176;
 }
 
diff --git a/_scss/_typography.scss b/_scss/_typography.scss
index 0c6ef7d426..87ce5d24e4 100755
--- a/_scss/_typography.scss
+++ b/_scss/_typography.scss
@@ -34,14 +34,13 @@
   font-family: 'Open Sans';
   font-style: normal;
   font-weight: 400;
-  font-display: swap;
+  font-display: fallback;
   src: local('Open Sans Regular'), local('OpenSans-Regular'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/opensans/v18/mem8YaGs126MiZpBA-UFVZ0bf8pkAg.woff2) format('woff2');
   unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
 }
 
 h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 {
     font-family: $headings;
-    color: $body-text;
     clear: both;
     line-height: 26px;
 }
@@ -74,20 +73,6 @@ h6 {
     font-size: 14px;
 }
 
-p {
-    color: $body-text;
-    font-family: $font;
-    font-size: $body-text-size;
-    line-height: 24px;
-    margin: 10px 0 10px 0;
-}
-
-ul {
-    li {
-        font-size: 14px;
-    }
-}
-
 dd, dt {
     line-height: 25px;
 }