Index: themes/bartik/css/style.css
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/themes/bartik/css/style.css,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.5 style.css
--- themes/bartik/css/style.css	22 Aug 2010 14:03:57 -0000	1.5
+++ themes/bartik/css/style.css	25 Aug 2010 20:32:51 -0000
@@ -1114,8 +1114,14 @@
 div.vertical-tabs .vertical-tabs-panes fieldset.vertical-tabs-pane {
   padding: 1em;
 }
+
+/* --------------- Forums ---------------- */
+
 #forum tr td.forum {
-  padding-left: 35px;
+  padding-left: 35px; /* LTR */
+}
+#forum .description {
+  font-size: 0.95em;
 }
 
 /* --------------- Search Form ---------------- */