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A custom vector.css for Wikipedia. Living document-style, this will be updated as I find other minor tweaks. See http://simianstudios.com/blog/post/a-quick-and-easy-way-to-a-cleaner-more-readable-wikipedia for more info!
body {font-family:"Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {border-bottom-color:#ddd;}
p {line-height:1.3em; margin-bottom:1.3em;}
#mw-content-text {font-size:1.1em; line-height:1.3em;}
li:last-of-type, dd:last-of-type {margin-bottom:1.3em;}
#mw-content-text h2 {padding-top:1.7em;}
a, div#content a.external {color:#00d;}
a:visited, div#content a.external:visited{color:#90d;}
.mw-editsection, .mw-editsection a {color:#ccc !important;}
h2:hover .mw-editsection a {color:#666 !important;}
#mw-panel .portal{-webkit-transition: opacity 250ms ease; -moz-transition: opacity 250ms ease; -o-transition: opacity 250ms ease; transition: opacity 250ms ease; opacity:0.3;}
#mw-panel:hover .portal{opacity:1;}
#mw-panel a {color:#666 !important;}
#mw-head{-webkit-transition:opacity 250ms ease; opacity:0.6;}
#mw-head:hover{opacity:1;}
#mw-head a{color:#666 !important;}
#mw-head div.vectorTabs li.selected {background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAABkCAIAAADITs03AAAAPElEQVR4XuWK2xEAIAzCsPvv5DSu0ahX3yv4wQVyGGCSvg2dnJvduT8sz/IwKOIfjCi2z/76FhHeJcslVZQFLUC06LZ/AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); background-image: url(https://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.22wmf8/skins/vector/images/tab-normal-fade.png?2013-06-20T16:33:20Z)!ie; font-weight:bold;}
#mw-head:hover div.vectorTabs li.selected {background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAABkAQAAAABvV2fNAAAADUlEQVQIHWNoYBgWEACJ5TIB0K9KcAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==); background-image: url(https://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.22wmf8/skins/vector/images/tab-current-fade.png?2013-06-20T16:33:20Z)!ie;}
.toc {border-color:#ddd !important; margin-bottom:1.3em;}
.toc li:last-of-type {margin-bottom:0 !important;}
sup.reference a {color:#aaa !important;}
table.ambox {border-top:none; border-right:none; border-bottom:none; border-left-width:5px; background-color:#f6f6f6; margin-bottom:1.3em;}
#siteSub {color:#bbb;}
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Update: changed default font to Open Sans (rather than Droid Sans) after a suggestion from Paul Maloney. Thanks Paul!

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No worries! :D

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Minor update: Made the "From Wikipedia..." subheading a bit lighter, section edit links a bit darker on hover, and added in the cross-browser transitions I forgot about (sorry!)

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Updated: added https: to the two background-image URLs on lines 26 and 28

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