diff --git a/styles/about.css b/styles/about.css
index 1f87151..57c71b2 100644
--- a/styles/about.css
+++ b/styles/about.css
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 	width: 256px;
 	height: auto;
 	max-width: 100%;
-	margin-right: 10px;
-	margin-bottom: 10px;
+	margin-right: 1rem;
+	margin-bottom: 1rem;
 	float: left;
 }
 
diff --git a/styles/default.css b/styles/default.css
index 7b7059f..9e2a0a5 100644
--- a/styles/default.css
+++ b/styles/default.css
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ header {
 
 /* main content */
 main nav {
-	padding: 10px;
+	padding: 1rem;
 }
 
 article {
-	padding: 20px;
+	padding: 1rem;
 	text-align: justify;
 	hyphens: auto;
 	/* about page is janky without this; see