diff --git a/wp-admin/css/dashboard-rtl.css b/wp-admin/css/dashboard-rtl.css
index c0f415f1c7..3b66d176b6 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/dashboard-rtl.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/dashboard-rtl.css
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ h3.dashboard-widget-title span {
 	float: right;
 }
 
+div.dashboard-widget-submit input {
+	font-family: sans-serif !important;
+}
+	
 #dashboard-widgets .widget_rss ul li a {
 	float:right;
 	font-weight:bold;
@@ -63,7 +67,13 @@ div.dashboard-widget {
 #dashboard_secondary div.dashboard-widget-content ul li {
 	float: right;
 }
+#dashboard_secondary div.dashboard-widget-content ul li .post {
+	font-family: sans-serif !important;
+}
 #dashboard_secondary div.dashboard-widget-content ul li a {
 	border-right:0 none;
 	border-left:1px solid #DADADA;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+#dashboard_secondary div.dashboard-widget-content ul li a cite {
+	font-family: sans-serif;
+}
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/global-rtl.css b/wp-admin/css/global-rtl.css
index a34f7ad4c0..4967c54a4b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/global-rtl.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/global-rtl.css
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
-/* styles for use by people extending the WordPress interface */
+//* styles for use by people extending the WordPress interface */
+body, td { font-family: sans-serif; }
+
+textarea, input, select { font-family: sans-serif; }
+
 .alignleft { float: right; }
 .alignright { float: left; }
 
 .textleft { text-align: right; }
 .textright { text-align: left; }
+	
+.wrap h2 { font-family: sans-serif; }
 
 .widefat td {
 	padding: 7px 10px 9px 15px;
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/install-rtl.css b/wp-admin/css/install-rtl.css
index 806dbc54b1..3752856393 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/install-rtl.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/install-rtl.css
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 body {
-	font-size: 11px;;
+	font-size: 11px;
+	font-family: sans-serif !important;
 }
 ul, ol {
 	padding: 5px 22px 5px 5px;
@@ -16,4 +17,10 @@ input {
 #admin_email {
 	direction: ltr;
 	text-align: left;
+}
+.submit input, .button, .button-secondary {
+	font-family: sans-serif !important;
+}
+h1 {
+	font-family: sans-serif;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/login-rtl.css b/wp-admin/css/login-rtl.css
index fc272634ae..aa3c2c2576 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/login-rtl.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/login-rtl.css
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 body {
-	font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
+	font-family: sans-serif;
 	direction: rtl;
 }
+#login form .submit input {
+	font-family: sans-serif !important;
+}
 form {
 	margin-left:0;
 	margin-right:8px;
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/theme-editor-rtl.css b/wp-admin/css/theme-editor-rtl.css
index 407886b284..c3df152120 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/theme-editor-rtl.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/theme-editor-rtl.css
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#template textarea {
+	font-family: monospace !important;
+}
 #templateside {
 	float:left;
 }
diff --git a/wp-admin/rtl.css b/wp-admin/rtl.css
index afb63e8cf6..e6b425ebf3 100644
--- a/wp-admin/rtl.css
+++ b/wp-admin/rtl.css
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ html,#edit-slug-box,#trackback,#category_nicename,#slug,#dbuser,#dbpass,#dbname,
 	text-align:left
 }
 
-body, td {
-	font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif;
+body, td, .submit input, .button, .button-secondary, .button-highlighted, #your-profile legend, .quicktags, .search, #wpcontent select, #wphead #viewsite a, #wphead h1 {
+	font-family: sans-serif !important;
+}
+
+.code, #quicktags #ed_code {
+	font-family: monospace !important;
 }
 
 #wpwrap,#footer,#TB_title,.media-upload-form,#media-upload-header
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ body, td {
 {
 	display:block;
 	float:right;
-	font:700 16px/100% "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
+	font:700 16px/100% sans-serif;
 	margin:0 0 0 10px;
 	padding:5px 7px 9px
 }
@@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ body, td {
 #adminmenu li a #awaiting-mod
 {
 	background:url(images/comment-stalk-rtl.gif) -309px bottom !important;
-	font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
+	font-family: sans-serif !important;
 	margin-left:-45px;
 	margin-right:.2em;
 	margin-top:-5px