From 340b4bd20bce849015fa1bd50969e4095dea9915 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Kretschmann <m@kretschmann.io>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 00:52:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] blockquote changes

---
 _src/assets/styl/typography.styl | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/_src/assets/styl/typography.styl b/_src/assets/styl/typography.styl
index 51a0e450..538e15bd 100644
--- a/_src/assets/styl/typography.styl
+++ b/_src/assets/styl/typography.styl
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ strong,
     font-weight: 700
     font-style: normal
 
-em
+em,
+.italic
     font-style: italic
 
 cite
@@ -219,13 +220,23 @@ hr
 
 blockquote,
 blockquote > p
-    font-style: italic
+    @extend .italic
     color: $text-color-light
 
 blockquote
     padding: 0 $line-height-computed
     margin: 0 0 $line-height-computed
-    border-left: 2px solid $text-color-dimmed
+    position: relative
+
+    // quotation marks
+    &:before
+        content: "“"
+        font-size: 400%
+        font-family: "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif
+        color: rgba($text-color-dimmed, 40%)
+        position: absolute
+        left: -($line-height-computed/2)
+        top: -($line-height-computed/2)
 
     p:last-child
         margin-bottom: 0