diff --git a/resources/recipes/joelonsoftware.recipe b/resources/recipes/joelonsoftware.recipe
index fa79435b47..3c18cc755b 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/joelonsoftware.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/joelonsoftware.recipe
@@ -15,10 +15,19 @@ class Joelonsoftware(BasicNewsRecipe):
     language = 'en'
 
     no_stylesheets = True
-    use_embedded_content  = True
+    use_embedded_content  = True   
     oldest_article = 60
-
+    
+    
     cover_url = 'http://www.joelonsoftware.com/RssJoelOnSoftware.jpg'
+       
+    extra_css = '''
+                h1{font-size: x-small; color:#BF3306;}
+                h2{ color:#046380; font-size: large;}
+                .date{ color:#046380; font-size: x-small;}
+                .author{ color:#046380; font-size: small;}
+                body{font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size: small;}
+                '''
 
     html2lrf_options = [  '--comment'       , description
                         , '--category'      , 'blog,software,news'
@@ -26,3 +35,5 @@ class Joelonsoftware(BasicNewsRecipe):
                        ]
 
     feeds = [(u'Articles', u'http://www.joelonsoftware.com/rss.xml')]
+
+