Problem with font formatting in wordpress

I can't do bold, subscript, superscript, etc. in wordpress posts/pages.

The domain is www.chemftw.com.

The css file:

/*   
Theme Name: ChemFTW
*/

/*------------------------------------------------------------------

1.	RESET
	Global reset for all HTML elements

------------------------------------------------------------------*/

* { font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0; outline: 0; padding: 0; vertical-align: baseline; }
html { height: 100% }
body { background: #fff; color: #000; font-size: 100.01%; min-height: 101%; text-align: left; position: relative; }
img, fieldset, abbr, acronym { border: 0; outline: none;}
table { border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; width: 100%; }
address, caption, cite, code, dfn, em, strong, var { font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; }
caption { text-align: left }
q:before, q:after, blockquote:before, blockquote:after { content: '' }
input, select, textarea, button { font-size: 1em; line-height: normal; width: auto; }
input, select { vertical-align: middle }
textarea { height: auto; overflow: auto; }
option { padding-left: 0.6em }
button { background: none; border: 0; cursor: pointer; text-align: center; }
ul, ol { list-style-type:none; }

/*------------------------------------------------------------------

2.	MAIN STYLES
	General definitions

--------------------------------------------------------------------

/*-------------------------------
2.a Tags defaults
---------------------------------
[?] Tags only. No classes or ID's here.
*/
	
body#woothemes {
	background: #131313 url(images/bg.jpg) repeat-x center 0;
	color: #000;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 18px;
}

p, ul, ol, table { margin: 0 0 18px }

em { color: #d9e3ea }


/* Headlines */
h1, h2, h3{
	font-weight: normal;
	line-height: normal;
	letter-spacing:-1px;
}
h1 { font-size:30px; }
h2 { font-size:26px; }
h3 { font-size:22px; }
h4 { font-size:14px; }
h5 { font-size:12px; }
h6 { font-size:10px; }
h1, h2, h3 {
	color: #000;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	margin-top: 15px;
}
h4 {
	color: #fff;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size: 14px;
}


/* Anchors */
a, a:link,  a:active, a.active {
	color: #000;
	text-decoration: underline;

}
a, a:visited,a:hover {
	color: #0000FF;
text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Lists */
#main div.box1 ul {
	padding:20px;
	list-style:inside;
}
#main div.box1 ol {
	padding:20px;
	list-style:inside;
	list-style-type:decimal;
}
#sidebar .box1 { margin:7px 0 18px; padding: 18px; }
#sidebar #videos .box1 { margin: 0 0 20px; padding: 10px; }

#sidebar ul, #sidebar ol { 
	list-style-type:none;
}

blockquote {
	margin:15px 0; padding:10px 20px;
	border-bottom:1px solid #000;
        font:1.00em Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; color:#000;
	background:url(images/bg-box.png) repeat scroll 0 0 !important;
	background: #222;
}

/*-------------------------------
2.b Base layout
---------------------------------
[?] Mostly ID's. Classes & tags allowed.
*/

#wrap {
	margin: auto;
	text-align: left;
	width: 90%;
	position: relative;
}

	#header, #content, #footer {
		float: left; display: inline;
		clear: both;
		position: relative;
	}

	#header {
		height: 230px;
		width: 100%;
	}
		#logo { margin: 0 }

			#logo a {
				background: url(images/logo2.png) no-repeat;
				cursor: pointer;
				position: absolute;
				top: 80px; left: 0px;
				display:block;
			}

	#content {
		padding: 0 0 4em;
		width: 100%;
	}
		.home #main {
			float: left;
			width: 374px;
		}
		#main {
			float: left;
			width: 70%;
		}
		.home #sidebar {
			float: right;
			width: 543px;
		}
		#sidebar {
			float: right;
			width: 27%;			
		}
		#sidebar h3 { margin-top:10px;}
	
#footer {
	width: 100%; height: 65px;
	background: url(images/bg-footer.gif) repeat-x;
}
	#footerWrap {
		color: #dadada;
		width: 960px;
		margin: 0 auto;
		position: relative;
	}
	
	
/* Fix Footer Position */
#wrap {position: relative; min-height: 100%;}
html, body, * html #wrap {height: 100%;}
#content {padding-bottom: 100px;}
#footer {margin-top: -73px; bottom: -7px }


/*-------------------------------
2.c Navigations
-------------------------------*/

ul.nav { margin: 0 }

/* Main navigation */
#nav {
	height: 38px;
	width: 750px;
	position: absolute;
	top: 10px; left: 0;
}

#nav, #nav ul {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
	list-style: none; 
	line-height: 1;
	z-index: 100;
}

#nav a {
	color: #000;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	display: block;
	text-decoration: none;
	padding: 9px 15px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}

#nav a:hover {
	color: #000;
	background: url(images/bg-nav.png);
	-moz-border-radius: 6px;
	-khtml-border-radius: 6px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 6px;
	border-radius: 6px;
}

#nav li {
	float: left;
}

/* Style drop down list */

#nav li ul {
	position: absolute;
	width: 200px;
	left: -999em;
}

#nav li:hover ul, #nav li.sfhover ul {
	left: auto;
}

#nav li ul li a {
	background: url(images/bg-nav.png);
	line-height: 18px;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #000;
	width: 150px;
	-moz-border-radius: 6px;
	-khtml-border-radius: 6px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 6px;
	border-radius: 6px;	
}

#nav li ul li a:hover {
	background: #000;
	color:#222;
}

#nav li ul li a {
}

#nav li ul ul {
	margin: -35px 0 0 180px;
}

#nav li:hover ul ul, #nav li.sfhover ul ul {
	left: -999em;
}

#nav li:hover ul, #nav li li:hover ul, #nav li.sfhover ul, #nav li li.sfhover ul {
	left: auto;
}

/* IE7 Fix */

#nav li:hover, #nav li.hover {  
	position: static;
}

ul#footerNav {
	position: absolute;
	top: 27px; right: 0;
}
	ul#footerNav li {
		float: left; display: inline;
		margin-left: 15px;
	}


/*-------------------------------
2.d Elements, ID's & Classes
-------------------------------*/

#footer #footerWrap #copy {
	position: absolute;
	top: 27px; left: 0;
}
	#footer #footerWrap #copy a {
		color: #fff;
	}

div#hi {
	color: #2a2b2b;
	font: 18px/18px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	text-align: right;
	width: 730px;
	position: absolute;
	top: 80px; right: 0;
}
	div#hi p a {
		color: #d0d0d0;
		font: 11px/11px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	}

h3#myWritings {
	margin: 0 0 10px 12px;
}

h3#myVideos {
	background: url(images/bg-h2-myvideos.png) no-repeat;
	width: 138px; height: 33px;
	margin: 0 0 11px 12px;
}

h3#myPhotos {
	background: url(images/bg-h2-myphotos.png) no-repeat;
	width: 137px; height: 34px;
	margin: 0 0 10px;
}
h3#myPortfolio {
	background: url(images/bg-h2-myportfolio.png) no-repeat;
	width: 160px; height: 34px;
	margin: 0 0 10px;
}
h3#myLifestream {
	background: url(images/bg-h2-mylifestream.png) no-repeat;
	width: 189px; height: 34px;
	margin: 0 0 10px;
}
h3#myFavblog {
	background: url(images/bg-h2-myfavblog.png) no-repeat;
	width: 150px; height: 32px;
	margin: 0 0 10px;
}


h2.lifestream_date { display:none; } 
p.lifestream_credits { display:none; } 


div.box1, ol.commentlist li, form#comments { background: url(images/bg-box.png) repeat !important; background: #111; }

div.box1 {
	-moz-border-radius: 6px;
	-khtml-border-radius: 6px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 6px;
	border-radius: 6px;
	margin: 0 0 20px;
	padding: 0px 20px;
}
	div.box1 ul, div.box1 ul.blog-list li p { margin: 0 }


	div.box1 p.link {
		text-align: right;
		margin: 0 0 15px;
	}
	
	div.box1 ul.left-list {
		float: left;
		width: 230px;
		padding: 10px 0 10px 10px;
	}

	div.box1 ul.right-list {
		float: right;
		width: 230px;
		padding: 10px 10px 10px 0;
	}
	
		div.box1 ul.blog-list li {
			
			padding: 0 0 15px;
		}
		div.box1 ul.left-list li, div.box1 ul.right-list li, div.box1 ul.list3 li {
			line-height: 13px;
			
			padding: 8px 0;
		}
		
		div.box1 ul.list3 {
			margin: 15px 0 0;
		}

		div.box1 ul.list3 li {
			padding: 15px 0;
		}
		
		div.box1 ul.list3 li ul {
			margin: 0;
			border: none !Important;
		}

		div.box1 ul.list3 li ul li {
			margin: 0 0 0 15px;
			padding: 15px 0 0;
			border: none !Important;
		}
		
		div.box1 ul.left-list li a, div.box1 ul.right-list li a, div.box1 ul.list3 li a { color: #dadada }

div.box2 {
	background-color: #131313;
	-moz-border-radius: 6px;
	-khtml-border-radius: 6px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 6px;
	border-radius: 6px;
	padding: 8px;
}

.txt0, .txt0 a, .continue { color: #000;}

h4.txt1 {
	background: url(images/ico-1.gif) no-repeat 15px 3px;
	padding: 0 0 10px 45px;
}

#sidebar h3 {
	color: #000;
	font-weight: normal;
}

#sidebar a {
	color: #000;
}

ol.commentlist  { margin:0; }

ol.commentlist li {
	-moz-border-radius: 6px;
	-khtml-border-radius: 6px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 6px;
	border-radius: 6px;
	margin: 0 0 10px;
	padding: 18px 20px 18px 20px;
	position: relative;
}
	ol.commentlist li p {	margin: 0 }

		ol.commentlist li img.avatar {
			float:right;
			padding:0 10px 0 10px;
		}

		ol.commentlist li p a { color: #000; }
		
	ol.commentlist li ul li {
		padding: 15px 0px 5px 20px;
		margin:0;
	}

ol.commentlist .comment-meta a { color:#999; padding-bottom:5px; }
ol.commentlist .children { margin:0; }

h2.title { color: #000; margin: 0 0 14px }

div.post { padding: 5px 0px }
.home .post { border-bottom: 1px dashed #777777}



.box1 .navigation { padding: 10px 0; }

h2.hd-page {
	margin: 20px 0;
}
div.box1 ul.list2 li, div.list3 li {
	line-height: 13px;
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #777;
	padding: 8px 0;
}
div.list3 .lifestream li { border:none; }


/*------------------------------------------------------------------

3.	FORMS
	Styles for forms only

--------------------------------------------------------------------

/*-------------------------------
3.a Form styles
-------------------------------*/

input.text, select.select, textarea.textarea
{
	border: 0;
	color: #000;
	padding: 7px;
background-color: #C0C0C0;
}
input.text { width: 168px }
select.select { width: 200px }
textarea.textarea { width: 375px; height: 100px; background-color: #C0C0C0; }

button.button {
	color: #fff;
	height: auto; width: auto;
	line-height: normal;
	white-space: nowrap;
}

/* General forms */
form.form {  }

	form.form ol.fieldset {	list-style: none }
	
		form.form ol.fieldset li.field {
			margin: 0 0 13px;
			position: relative;
		}
			form.form ol.fieldset li.field label {
				position: absolute;
				top: 5px; left: 195px;
			}
			
	form.form p.submit { margin: 0 }
	
	form.form p.submit input { padding: 5px 10px }


/* Search forms where button and text input are next to each other  */
form.search { /* nothing here */ }
	
	form.search p.fields { margin: 0 }

		form.search p.fields input, form.search p.fields button {
			display: inline;
			vertical-align: middle;
		}


/*-------------------------------
3.b Individual forms
-------------------------------*/

form#topSearch {
	background: url(images/bg-search.png) no-repeat;
	width: 178px; height: 32px;
	position: absolute;
	top: 10px; right: 0;
}
	form#topSearch p.fields input {
		color: #fff;
		font-size: 14px;
		font-weight: bold;
		width: 130px;
		background: none;
		overflow: hidden;
		border: none;
		position: absolute;
		top: 8px; left: 8px;
	}
		form#topSearch p.fields button {
			background: url(images/ico-search.png) no-repeat;
			width: 21px; height: 21px;
			border: none;
			position: absolute;
			top: 5px; right: 10px;
		}

form#comments {
	-moz-border-radius: 6px;
	-khtml-border-radius: 6px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 6px;
	border-radius: 6px;
	padding: 20px 30px;
background-color: #C0C0C0;
}
		

/*------------------------------------------------------------------

4.	PLUGINS
	Predefined utilities

--------------------------------------------------------------------

/*-------------------------------
Sidebar Tabber
-------------------------------*/

ul#idTabs {
	width: 100%;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0 0 0 10px;
}

ul#idTabs li {
	display: inline;
	margin-right:5px;
	float:left;
}

ul#idTabs li a {
	display:block;
	float:left;
	height:16px;
	margin:0 auto;
	padding:10px;
	text-align:left;
}

ul#idTabs li a.selected, ul#idTabs li a:hover {
	background: url(images/bg-box.png) repeat !important;
	background: #111;
	-moz-border-radius-topright: 6px;
	-moz-border-radius-topleft: 6px;
	-khtml-border-radius: 6px 6px 0 0;
	-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 6px;
	-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 6px;
	border-radius: 6px 6px 0 0;	
}
#tabs .inside {
	background: url(images/bg-box.png) repeat !important;
	background: #111;
	-moz-border-radius: 6px;
	-moz-border-radius: 6px;
	-khtml-border-radius: 6px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 6px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 6px;
	border-radius: 6px;	
}

#tabs .inside ul li {
	line-height: 13px;
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #555;
	padding: 15px 0;	
}
#tabs .inside ul#comm li {
	background:url(images/ico-6.gif) no-repeat left center;
	padding-left:28px;
}
#tabs .inside ul#pop li {
	background:url(images/ico-2.gif) no-repeat left center;
	padding-left:28px;
}


#tagcloud {
	padding:15px;
}
#tabs .inside ul{
	margin:0;
	padding:0px 15px 10px 15px !important;
}
.home #tabs {
	width:260px;
	float:left;
	margin:24px 0 20px;
}
.home div#myfavblog {
	width:260px;
	float:right;
}



/*-------------------------------
Widgets
-------------------------------*/


.widgetized .inside {
	background: url(images/bg-box.png) repeat !important;
	background: #111;
	-moz-border-radius-topright: 6px;
	-moz-border-radius-topleft: 6px;
	-khtml-border-radius: 6px 6px 0 0;
	-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 6px;
	-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 6px;
	border-radius: 6px 6px 0 0;	
}

table#wp-calendar { margin:0 !important; }

#wp-calendar caption {
	color: #fff;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 22px;
	letter-spacing: -1px;
	margin: 0 0 10px;
	font-family: Georgia;
}

#wp-calendar thead {
	color: #fff;
	font-weight: bold !important;
}

#wp-calendar #next, #wp-calendar #prev {
	padding: 10px 0 0 !important;
}

#flickr {
	clear: both;
	margin: 0 0 20px 0;
	padding: 0 10px;
}

#flickr .flickr_badge_image a {
		float: left;
		display: inline;
		margin: 0 16px 15px 0;
		border: 1px dashed #888;
		padding: 5px;
}

#flickr .flickr_badge_image a:hover {
	border: 1px dashed #fff;
}
#browseFlickr{
	background: url(images/bg-flickr.png) no-repeat;
	width: 91px; height: 11px;
	margin: 0 25px 10px 12px;
	float:right;
}
#video {
	padding: 10px;
}

#sidebar #advert_125x125 { padding:30px 0 20px 30px; margin: 0 0 18px;	}
#sidebar #advert_125x125 img { margin:0 15px 5px 0; }

#portfolio {
	clear: both;
	margin: 0 0 20px 0;
	padding: 0 10px;
}

#portfolio a {
		float: left;
		display: inline;
		margin: 0 16px 15px 0;
		border: 1px dashed #888;
		padding: 5px;
}

#portfolio a:hover {
	border: 1px dashed #fff;
}


/*-------------------------------
Lifestream
-------------------------------*/

.list3 .first, .list3 h5 {
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 16px;
	margin: 0 0 15px;
	padding: 0 0 15px;
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #fff;
}

.list3 .lifestream-icon {
	float: left;
	padding: 0 15px 0 0;
}

.list3 .lifestream-post {
	font-size: 14px;
}

.list3 .lifestream-post p {
	margin: 0 !important;
}


/*-------------------------------
Utility classes
-------------------------------*/

.l { text-align: left }
.c { text-align: center }
.r { text-align: right }
.aligncenter { margin: 5px auto 15px auto;	display: block; }
.alignleft { margin: 5px 15px 5px 0; float: left; }
.alignright { margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; float: right; }

.wrap, .col { float: left;	display: inline; position: relative; }
.wrap { clear: both }

.clear { clear: both }
.fl { float: left }
.fr { float: right }
.hide, .hidden, .anchor, .skip { display: none }
.nomargin { margin-bottom: 0 !important }
.noborder { border: 0 !important }
.top { margin-top: 0 !important }

.replace, .br { display: block; font-size: 1%; line-height: 0; text-align: left; text-indent: -10000px; }

.hr { background: #ccc; height: 1px; margin: 1.5em 0 }
.hr hr { display: none }


/*-------------------------------
Clearfix
-------------------------------*/
.clearfix:after { clear: both; content: "."; display: block; height: 0; visibility: hidden; }
.clearfix { display: block }
.fix{ clear: both; height: 1px; margin: -1px 0 0; overflow: hidden; }

		#sidebar h3 {
                             color:#fff;}

Code (markup):

 

Well the culprit is the non-standard CSS reset used.

Solution should be to remove font-size: 100%; & vertical-align: baseline; from this line
* { font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0; outline: 0; padding: 0; vertical-align: baseline; }


And add that to rather the body like this
body { font-size: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; }

 

That helped a lot!! Thanks!

The text in the "recent posts" part of the sidebar is really close. Is there any easy way to fix that?

 

Yes removing line-height:13px; from div.box1 ul.list2 li, div.list3 li { } should help.

 

Thank you very much!!! That worked perfectly!