Excerpt of styles from day 22 of JavaScript30 by Wes Bos

style.css

html {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
*, *:before, *:after {
  box-sizing: inherit;
}
body {
  min-height: 100vh;
  margin: 0; /* Important! */
  font-family: sans-serif;
}

.wrapper {
  margin:0 auto;
  max-width:500px;
  font-size: 20px;
  line-height: 2;
  position: relative;
}

a {
  text-decoration: none;
  color:black;
  background:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
  border-radius: 20px;
}

/*
 * Styling to create animated oval hightlight graphic around selected link - <a> tag 
 */
.highlight {
  transition: all 0.2s;
  border-bottom:2px solid white;
  position: absolute;
  top:0;
  background:white;
  left:0;
  z-index: -1;
  border-radius:20px;
  display: block;
  box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
}

.menu {
  padding: 0;
  display: flex;
  list-style: none;
  justify-content: center;
  margin:100px 0;
}

.menu a {
  display: inline-block;
  padding:5px;
  margin:0 20px;
  color:black;
}