diff --git a/mobile.css b/mobile.css
index 84b7413..e28412f 100644
--- a/mobile.css
+++ b/mobile.css
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ Acknowledgements & Inspirations
 
 body, .c, span, pre span, .c, .note, p, ul, ol {
   font:normal 12px/18px sans-serif;
-  word-spacing:0;
 }
 pre, kbd, samp, code, var {
   font:normal 12px/18px monospace;
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ html {
   color:#000;
 }
 body {
-  margin:4px 1px 0 1px;
+  margin:4px 2px 0 2px;
 }
 
 /* links */
diff --git a/print.css b/print.css
index d1e640b..97af0e5 100644
--- a/print.css
+++ b/print.css
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 /* typography */
 
 body, .w a {
-  font: 12pt/1.75 'Gill Sans', 'Gill Sans MT', Helvetica, Corbel, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif;
-  word-spacing: 0;
+  font-size: 12pt;
 }
 pre, kbd, samp, code, var, .b {
   font-size: 10pt;
@@ -50,16 +49,13 @@ span {
   font: normal 48pt/0.68 serif;
 }
 p, ul, ol {
-  margin: 1.75em 0;
   font-size: 12pt;
 }
 
 /* basics */
 
-html {
-  background: #fff;
-}
 html, body {
+  background: #fff;
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
 }
diff --git a/publish b/publish
index d2e234b..6fc7cbd 100755
--- a/publish
+++ b/publish
@@ -104,17 +104,13 @@ java -jar util/yuicompressor-2.4.2.jar build/dip3.css > build/$revision.css && \
     sed -i -e "s|;}|}|g" build/m-$revision.css && \
     sed -i -e "s|;}|}|g" build/p-$revision.css || die "Failed to minimize CSS"
 
-# put CSS inline
+# put CSS inline and remove unused CSS properties on a page-by-page basis
 echo "inlining CSS"
-css=`cat build/$revision.css`
-mobilecss=`cat build/m-$revision.css`
-printcss=`cat build/p-$revision.css`
-sed -i -e "s|<link rel=stylesheet href=dip3.css>|<style>${css}</style>|g" -e "s|<link rel=stylesheet media='only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)' href=mobile.css>|<style>@media screen and (max-device-width:480px){${mobilecss}}</style>|g" -e "s|<link rel=stylesheet media=print href=print.css>|<style>@media print{${printcss}}</style>|g" -e "s|</style><style>||g" build/*.html || die "Failed to inline CSS"
-
-# remove unused CSS properties on a page-by-page basis
-echo "removing unused CSS"
 for f in build/*.html; do
-  python2.6 util/lesscss.py "$f" || die "Failed to remove unused CSS"
+  css=`python2.6 util/lesscss.py "$f" "build/$revision.css"` || die "Failed to remove unused CSS"
+  mobilecss=`python2.6 util/lesscss.py "$f" "build/m-$revision.css"` || die "Failed to remove unused CSS"
+  printcss=`python2.6 util/lesscss.py "$f" "build/p-$revision.css"` || die "Failed to remove unused CSS"
+  sed -i -e "s|<link rel=stylesheet href=dip3.css>|<style>${css}</style>|g" -e "s|<link rel=stylesheet media='only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)' href=mobile.css>|<style>@media screen and (max-device-width:480px){${mobilecss}}</style>|g" -e "s|<link rel=stylesheet media=print href=print.css>|<style>@media print{${printcss}}</style>|g" -e "s|</style><style>||g" "$f" || die "Failed to inline CSS"
 done
 
 # minimize URLs
@@ -127,6 +123,7 @@ chmod 755 build/examples build/j build/i build/d && \
     chmod 644 build/*.html build/*.css build/*.txt build/*.zip build/examples/* build/examples/.htaccess build/j/* build/j/.htaccess build/i/* build/i/.htaccess build/d/.htaccess build/.htaccess || die "Failed to reset file permissions"
 
 # ship it!
+#die "Aborting without publishing"
 echo -n "publishing"
 rsync -essh -a build/d/.htaccess build/*.zip diveintomark.org:~/web/diveintopython3.org/d/ && \
     echo -n "." && \
diff --git a/util/lesscss.py b/util/lesscss.py
index c98fab1..9342d22 100755
--- a/util/lesscss.py
+++ b/util/lesscss.py
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ import sys
 SELECTOR_EXCEPTIONS = ('.w', '.b', '.str', '.kwd', '.com', '.typ', '.lit', '.pun', '.tag', '.atn', '.atv', '.dec', 'pre .u', 'pre .u span', 'td .u', 'li ol', 'a.hl:link', 'a.hl:visited', 'a.hl:hover', 'h2[id]:hover a.hl', 'h3[id]:hover a.hl')
 
 filename = sys.argv[1]
+cssfilename = sys.argv[2]
 pqd = pq(filename=filename)
-raw_data = open(filename, 'rb').read()
+
+with open(filename, 'rb') as fopen:
+    raw_data = fopen.read()
+
 if raw_data.count('</a><script src=j/'): # HACK HACK HACK
     def keep(s):
         for selector in SELECTOR_EXCEPTIONS:
@@ -22,11 +26,14 @@ else:
     def keep(s):
         return False
 
-original_css = raw_data.split('<style>', 1)[1].split('@media', 1)[0]
+with open(cssfilename, 'rb') as fopen:
+    original_css = fopen.read()
+
 new_css = ''
 for rule in original_css.split('}')[:-1]:
     selectors, properties = rule.split('{', 1)
     selectors = ','.join([s for s in selectors.split(',') if keep(s) or pqd(s.split(':', 1)[0])])
     if selectors:
         new_css += '%s{%s}' % (selectors, properties)
-open(filename, 'wb').write(raw_data.replace(original_css, new_css))
+
+sys.stdout.write(new_css)