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+/**
+ * Ionic theme global stylesheet.
+ * We will split this up into separate files in the future.
+ */
+
+h1,
+.ion-heading-1 {
+  /* Fake styles, just an example */
+  font-size: 36px;
+  font-weight: 300;
+  line-height: 1.1;
+}