diff --git a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
index 03bb7b8ec9..6a66b3578c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ textarea.disabled {
 }
 
 li.widget-list-control-item h4.widget-title a:hover,
-#footer a,
 #upload-menu li a.upload-tab-link, 
 li.widget-list-control-item h4.widget-title a,
 #dragHelper li.widget-list-control-item h4.widget-title a,
@@ -207,6 +206,9 @@ ul#widget-list li.widget-list-item h4.widget-title {
 	border-right-color: #99d;
 }
 
+#media-upload {
+	background: #fff;
+}
 #media-upload .slidetoggle {
 	border-top-color: #dfdfdf;
 }
@@ -297,31 +299,41 @@ td.help {
 
 .button,
 .submit input {
-	border-color: #DCDCDC;
+	border-color: #bbb;
 	color: #464646;
 }
 
+.button:hover,
+.submit input:hover {
+	color: #000;
+	border-color: #666;
+}
+
 .button,
 .submit input,
 .button-secondary {
 	background: #f2f2f2 url(../images/white-grad.png) repeat-x scroll left top;
 }
 
-.button-secondary,
-.submit .button-secondary {
-	border-color: #CFE1EF;
-	color: #464646;
+.button:active,
+.submit input:active,
+.button-secondary:active {
+	background: #eee url(../images/white-grad-active.png) repeat-x scroll left top;
 }
 
 .button-primary,
 .submit .button-primary,
 #login form .submit input {
-	border-color: #21759B;
+	border-color: #298cba;
 	font-weight: bold;
 	color: #FFF;
 	background: #21759B url(../images/button-grad.png) repeat-x scroll left top;
 }
 
+.button-primary:active, #login form .submit input:active {
+	background: #21759b url(../images/button-grad-active.png) repeat-x scroll left top !important;
+}
+
 .button[disabled],
 .button:disabled,
 .button-primary[disabled],
@@ -331,21 +343,16 @@ td.help {
 a.button.disabled {
 	background: #ddd;
 	color: #888;
-}
-
-.button:hover,
-.submit input:hover,
-#postcustomstuff .submit input:hover {
-	border-color: #535353;
+	text-shadow: rgba(255,255,255,0.6) 0 1px 0;
+	border-color: #ccc;
 }
 
 a:active,
 a:focus {
-	color: #d54e21 !important;
+	color: #d54e21;
 }
 
 a:hover, 
-.button:hover,
 #wphead #viewsite a:hover,
 #adminmenu a:hover,
 #adminmenu ul.wp-submenu a:hover,
@@ -365,13 +372,9 @@ div.dashboard-widget-submit input:hover,
 	border-color: #dfdfdf;
 }
 
-.button-secondary:hover,
-#login form .submit input:hover {
-	border-color: #328ab2;
-}
-
 .button-primary:hover, #login form .submit input:hover {
-	color: #EAF2FA;
+	border-color: #13455b !important;
+	color: #EAF2FA !important;
 }
 
 #side-info-column #category-tabs .ui-tabs-selected a {
@@ -509,7 +512,7 @@ body.press-this .ui-tabs-selected a:hover {
 }
 
 div#media-upload-header {
-	background-color: #f1f1f1;
+	background-color: #f9f9f9;
 	border-bottom-color: #dfdfdf;
 }
 
@@ -738,20 +741,19 @@ body.login {
 	color: #999;
 }
 
-#user_info a:hover {
-	color: #fff;
-	text-decoration: underline !important;
-}
-
-#user_info a:active {
-	color: #ccc !important;
-}
-
-#user_info a, #user_info a:visited {
+#user_info a:link, #user_info a:visited, #footer a:link, #footer a:visited {
 	color: #ccc;
 	text-decoration: none;
 }
 
+#user_info a:hover, #footer a:hover {
+	color: #fff;
+	text-decoration: underline !important;
+}
+
+#user_info a:active, #footer a:active {
+	color: #ccc !important;
+}
 
 div#media-upload-error,
 .file-error,
@@ -1241,8 +1243,8 @@ table.diff .diff-addedline ins {
 
 /* edit image */
 #sidemenu a {
-	background-color: #f1f1f1;
-	border-color: #f1f1f1;
+	background-color: #f9f9f9;
+	border-color: #f9f9f9;
 	border-bottom-color: #dfdfdf;
 }
 
@@ -1405,6 +1407,7 @@ div.star.select:hover {
 form p.submit a.cancel {
 	border-color: red;
 	color: red;
+	text-shadow: none;
 }
 
 form p.submit a.cancel:hover {
@@ -1475,12 +1478,15 @@ form p.submit a.cancel:hover {
 }
 
 #favorite-actions a {
-	color: #eee;
+	color: #ddd;
 	text-shadow: rgba(0,0,0,0.2) 0 -1px 0;
 }
 
-#favorite-inside a:hover {
+#favorite-actions a:hover {
 	color: #fff;
+}
+
+#favorite-inside a:hover {
 	text-decoration: underline;
 }
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css b/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
index 84d861238d..fa84405be4 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
@@ -89,15 +89,14 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 	font-size: 1em;
 	font-weight: normal;
 	font-style: italic;
-	font-family: Georgia, serif;
+	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif;
 }
 
 /* Right Now */
 
 #dashboard_right_now p.sub,
 #dashboard_right_now .table, #dashboard_right_now .versions {
-	margin: -10px;
-	font-family: Georgia, serif;
+	margin: -12px;
 }
 
 #dashboard_right_now .inside {
@@ -106,8 +105,10 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 
 #dashboard_right_now p.sub {
 	font-style: italic;
+	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif;
 	padding: 5px 10px 15px;
 	color: #777;
+	font-size: 13px;
 }
 
 #dashboard_right_now .table {
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 #dashboard_right_now td.b {
 	padding-right: 6px;
 	text-align: right;
-	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
+	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif;
 	font-size: 14px;
 }
 
@@ -175,15 +176,8 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 	padding: 6px 10px 12px;
 }
 
-#dashboard_right_now .versions,
-#dashboard_right_now .versions p {
-	font-style: italic;
-	font-size: 13px;
-}
-
-#dashboard_right_now .versions a,
 #dashboard_right_now .versions .b {
-	font-style: normal;
+	font-weight: bold;
 }
 
 #dashboard_right_now a.button {
@@ -275,12 +269,12 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 
 #dashboard_quick_press h4 {
 	float: left;
-	width: 5em;
+	width: 5.5em;
 	clear: both;
 	font-weight: normal;
-	font-style: italic;
-	font-family: Georgia, serif;
 	text-align: right;
+	padding-top: 5px;
+	font-size: 12px;
 }
 
 #dashboard_quick_press h4 label {
@@ -334,7 +328,7 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 }
 
 #dashboard_recent_drafts h4 abbr {
-	font-family: Georgia, serif;
+	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif;
 	color: #999;
 }
 
@@ -369,7 +363,7 @@ a.rsswidget {
 }
 
 .rss-widget span.rss-date {
-	font-family: Georgia, serif;
+	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif;
 }
 
 .rss-widget cite {
@@ -399,5 +393,5 @@ a.rsswidget {
 
 #dashboard_plugins p {
 	margin: 0 0 1em;
-	line-height: 1.5em;
+	line-height: 1.4em;
 }
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/global.css b/wp-admin/css/global.css
index 6ae9df26c5..0d6a04df82 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/global.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/global.css
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ input[type="radio"] {
 
 body,
 td {
-	font: 13px "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
+	font: 13px "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 }
 
 p {
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ dt {
 textarea,
 input,
 select {
-	font: 13px/19px "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
+	font: 13px/19px "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 	margin: 1px;
 	padding: 3px;
 }
@@ -383,18 +383,19 @@ h6 {
 
 .updated p,
 .error p {
-	margin: 0.6em 0;
+	margin: 0.5em 0;
 }
 
 .wrap .updated,
 .wrap .error {
-	margin: 0 0 12px;
+	margin: 5px 0 12px;
 }
 
 .wrap h2 {
-	font: italic normal normal 24px/29px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
+	font: italic normal normal 24px/29px Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif;
 	margin: 0;
 	padding: 12px 15px 1px 0;
+	text-shadow: rgba(255,255,255,1) 0px 1px 0px;
 }
 
 .wrap h2.long-header {
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/login.css b/wp-admin/css/login.css
index 91f98883cc..9f806e79ea 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/login.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/login.css
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 body {
 	border-top-width: 30px;
 	border-top-style: solid;
-	font: 11px "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
+	font: 11px "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 }
 
 form {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ form {
 form .forgetmenot { font-weight: normal; float: left; margin-bottom: 0; }
 
 #login form .submit input {
-	font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
+	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 	padding: 3px 10px;
 	border: none;
 	font-size: 12px;
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/media.css b/wp-admin/css/media.css
index 8ccae7da42..94fc0c9b68 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/media.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/media.css
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ th {
 }
 
 .media-upload-form label.form-help, td.help {
+	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 	font-style: italic;
 	font-weight: normal;
 }
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ abbr.required {
 
 #media-upload p.help,
 #media-upload label.help {
+	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 	font-style: italic;
 	font-weight: normal;
 }
diff --git a/wp-admin/images/button-grad-active.png b/wp-admin/images/button-grad-active.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0177e5bf9e
Binary files /dev/null and b/wp-admin/images/button-grad-active.png differ
diff --git a/wp-admin/images/white-grad-active.png b/wp-admin/images/white-grad-active.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04780150b1
Binary files /dev/null and b/wp-admin/images/white-grad-active.png differ
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index 4a6b202bc5..8a8b8ed397 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ kbd, code {
 }
 
 .quicktags, .search {
-	font: 12px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
+	font: 12px Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif;
 }
 
 .submit {
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ form p.submit a.cancel:hover {
 .button-secondary,
 .button-highlighted,
 #postcustomstuff .submit input {
-	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
+	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 	text-decoration: none;
 	font-size: 11px !important;
 	line-height: 16px;
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ a.button {
 }
 
 #wpcontent select {
-	font: 11px/20px "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
+	font: 11px/20px "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 	padding: 2px;
 	border-width: 1px;
 	border-style: solid;
@@ -489,14 +489,14 @@ textarea.all-options, input.all-options {
 }
 
 #ed_toolbar input {
-	margin: 3px 2px 4px;
+	margin: 3px 1px 4px;
 	line-height: 18px;
 	display: inline-block;
 	border-width: 1px;
 	border-style: solid;
 	min-width: 26px;
 	padding: 2px 4px;
-	font-size: 13px;
+	font-size: 12px;
 	-moz-border-radius: 3px;
 	-khtml-border-radius: 3px;
 	-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ set display: none; */
 }
 
 #your-profile legend {
-	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
+	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif;
 	font-size: 22px;
 }
 
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ p.pagenav {
 .tablenav .displaying-num {
 	margin-right: 10px;
 	font-size: 12px;
-	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
+	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif;
 	font-style: italic;
 }
 
@@ -860,14 +860,14 @@ a#view-site-link {
 }
 
 #wphead h1 {
-	font: normal 22px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
+	font: normal 22px Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif;
 	padding: 10px 10px 5px;
 	margin: 0;
 	float: left;
 }
 
 #wphead h1.long-title {
-	font: normal 18px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
+	font: normal 18px Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif;
 	padding: 12px 10px 5px;
 }
 
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ a#view-site-link {
 }
 
 #adminmenu .wp-submenu a {
-	font: normal 11px/18px "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
+	font: normal 11px/18px "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 }
 
 #adminmenu .wp-submenu li.current,
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ a#view-site-link {
 	
 #adminmenu a.menu-top,
 #adminmenu .wp-submenu-head {
-	font: normal 13px/18px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
+	font: normal 13px/18px Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif;
 }
 
 .folded #adminmenu,
@@ -1188,14 +1188,14 @@ html, body {
 
 #footer {
 	word-spacing: .3em;
-	font-size: 11px;
+	font-size: 12px;
 	margin-top: -47px;
 }
 
-#footer #footer-thankyou, #footer #footer-upgrade {
-	font-size: 13px;
+#footer #footer-thankyou, #footer #footer-upgrade, #footer #footer-thankyou a, #footer #footer-upgrade a {
+	font-size: 12px;
 	word-spacing: 0;
-	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
+	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif;
 	font-style: italic;
 }
 
@@ -1209,8 +1209,9 @@ html, body {
 	padding: 15px;
 }
 
-#footer p a {
+#footer a {
 	text-decoration: none;
+	font-size: 11px;
 }
 
 #footer p a:hover {
@@ -1239,6 +1240,7 @@ html, body {
 .form-table th,
 .form-wrap label {
 	font-weight: normal;
+	text-shadow: rgba(255,255,255,1) 0 1px 0;
 }
 
 .form-table th,
@@ -1363,7 +1365,7 @@ table.form-table td .updated {
 
 .setting-description, .form-wrap p {
 	font-style: italic;
-	font-family: "Lucida Sans", "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
+	font-family: "Lucida Sans", "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 }
 
 .form-wrap .form-field {
@@ -1549,7 +1551,7 @@ table.form-table td .updated {
 .howto {
 	font-style: italic;
 	display: block;
-	font-family: "Lucida Sans", "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
+	font-family: "Lucida Sans", "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 }
 
 .ac_results {
@@ -1645,6 +1647,13 @@ table.form-table td .updated {
 	background-image: url("images/postbox-bg.gif");
 	background-position: left top;
 	background-repeat: repeat-x;
+	-moz-border-radius: 6px 6px 0 0;
+	-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 6px;
+	-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 6px;
+	-khtml-border-top-right-radius: 6px;
+	-khtml-border-top-left-radius: 6px;
+	border-top-right-radius: 6px;
+	border-top-left-radius: 6px;
 }
 
 .postbox table.form-table {
@@ -2171,7 +2180,7 @@ fieldset {
 	line-height: 2;
 	margin: 0;
 	padding: 4px 8px;
-	font: 18px "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
+	font: 18px "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 }
 
 #wp_editbtns {
@@ -2481,8 +2490,8 @@ fieldset {
 #contextual-help-link-wrap {
 	float: right;
 	background: transparent url( images/screen-options-left.gif ) no-repeat 0 0;
-	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
-	height: 23px;
+	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
+	height: 22px;
 	padding: 0;
 	margin: 0 6px 0 0;
 }
@@ -2700,7 +2709,7 @@ tr.inline-edit-row td {
 
 .inline-edit-row fieldset span.title,
 .inline-edit-row fieldset span.checkbox-title {
-	font-family: Georgia, serif;
+	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif;
 	font-style: italic;
 }
 
@@ -2759,7 +2768,7 @@ ul.cat-checklist {
 .inline-edit-row .catshow,
 .inline-edit-row .cathide,
 .inline-edit-row #bulk-titles div {
-	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
+	font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 	font-style: normal;
 	font-size: 11px;
 }
@@ -2830,7 +2839,6 @@ table .inline-edit-row fieldset ul.cat-hover {
 #wpbody-content .media-upload-form label {
 	display: block;
 	font-size: 13px;
-	font-weight: bold;
 	margin: 0.5em;
 }
 
@@ -3024,15 +3032,12 @@ abbr.required {
 #utc-time, #local-time {
 	padding-left: 25px;
 	font-style: italic;
-	font-family: "Lucida Sans", "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
+	font-family: "Lucida Sans", "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif;
 }
 
 ul#dismissed-updates {
 	display: none;
 }
-ul.core-updates li {
-	padding: 12px;
-}
 form.upgrade {
 	margin-top: 8px;
 }
@@ -3050,10 +3055,6 @@ form.upgrade {
 	border-radius: 6px;
 }
 
-#flash-upload-ui {
-	padding: 20px 12px 0;
-}
-
 br.clear {
 	height: 2px;
 	line-height: 2px;
@@ -3112,3 +3113,7 @@ table.fixed {
 	overflow: hidden;
 }
 
+.widefat th {
+	text-shadow: rgba(255,255,255,0.8) 0 1px 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/wp-includes/js/thickbox/thickbox.css b/wp-includes/js/thickbox/thickbox.css
index a7c4a4012a..6c2b211991 100644
--- a/wp-includes/js/thickbox/thickbox.css
+++ b/wp-includes/js/thickbox/thickbox.css
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 /* ---------->>> thickbox specific link and font settings <<<------------------------------------------------------*/
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 #TB_window {
-	font: 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+	font: 12px "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
 	color: #333333;
 }
 
 #TB_secondLine {
-	font: 10px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+	font: 10px "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
 	color:#666666;
 }
 
@@ -49,10 +49,14 @@
 	z-index: 102;
 	color:#000000;
 	display:none;
-	border: 4px solid #525252;
 	text-align:left;
 	top:50%;
 	left:50%;
+	border: 1px solid #555;
+	-moz-box-shadow: rgba(0,0,0,1) 0 4px 30px;
+	-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0,0,0,1) 0 4px 30px;
+	-khtml-box-shadow: rgba(0,0,0,1) 0 4px 30px;
+	box-shadow: rgba(0,0,0,1) 0 4px 30px;
 }
 
 * html #TB_window { /* ie6 hack */
@@ -120,7 +124,7 @@ margin-top: expression(0 - parseInt(this.offsetHeight / 2) + (TBWindowMargin = d
 	top: 50%;
 	left: 50%;
 	background-color: #E8E8E8;
-	border: 4px solid #525252;
+	border: 1px solid #555;
 	margin: -45px 0pt 0pt -125px;
 	padding: 40px 15px 15px;
 }