diff --git a/src/css/custom.css b/src/css/custom.css
index 025946064..0cf1c92bb 100644
--- a/src/css/custom.css
+++ b/src/css/custom.css
@@ -52,11 +52,15 @@ body * {
 
 .markdown {
 	font-size: 16px;
+	line-height: 1.5rem;
+}
+
+.markdown-blog {
 	line-height: 1.75rem;
 }
 
-.markdown > p {
-	font-weight: 300 !important;
+.markdown-blog > p {
+	font-weight: 400 !important;
 }
 
 .docusaurus-highlight-code-line {
diff --git a/src/theme/BlogPostItem/Content/index.js b/src/theme/BlogPostItem/Content/index.js
index 30ce9486c..6f1ce5d2f 100644
--- a/src/theme/BlogPostItem/Content/index.js
+++ b/src/theme/BlogPostItem/Content/index.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export default function BlogPostItemContent({ children, className }) {
 		<div
 			// This ID is used for the feed generation to locate the main content
 			id={isBlogPostPage ? blogPostContainerID : undefined}
-			className={clsx('markdown', className)}
+			className={clsx('markdown markdown-blog', className)}
 			itemProp="articleBody"
 		>
 			<MDXContent>{children}</MDXContent>