diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss
index b752d83371..30669a6409 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 %badge {
   display: inline-block;
-  font-weight: bold;
+  font-weight: normal;
   white-space: nowrap;
   @include border-radius-all(10px);
 }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ h1 a.badge-category div {vertical-align: top;}
 
 .badge-posts {
   color: $badge-posts-color;
-  font-weight: bold;
+  font-weight: normal;
   font-size: 14px;
   line-height: 1;
   &[href] {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/foundation/base.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/foundation/base.scss
index 6a02707718..4d22e56cd2 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/foundation/base.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/foundation/base.scss
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ dd {
   padding: 0;
 }
 
+
+.cooked ul, .cooked ol, .cooked dd {
+  clear: both;  
+}
+
 li {
   > ul,
   > ol {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss
index 07a12934f7..9448ffadb9 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
       }
     }
     &.highlighted {
-      background-color: $highlight_background_color;
+      background-color: $emphasis_background_color;
     }
   }
   th,
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
index 77bb5dc8f0..df196fd30f 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ blockquote { /* solo quotes */
   position: relative;
   padding: 10px 0 15px 0;
   .highlighted {
-    background-color: $highlight_background_color !important;
+    background-color: $emphasis_background_color !important;
   }
   img, svg {
     max-width: 100%;