diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index b089ca0..c4e22aa 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
 {{ define "main" }}
 {{- $ageDays := div (sub now.Unix .Date.Unix) 86400 -}}
     <header class="content__header">
-        <h1>{{ .Title | markdownify }}</h1>
+      <div class="frontmatter">
+        <hr>
+        <table class="frontmatter">
+          <tr><td class="label">title:</td><td class="title">{{ .Title | markdownify }}</td></tr>
+          {{- if .Params.date }}
+            {{- $postDate := .Date.Format "2006-01-02" }}
+            {{- $updateDate := .Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02" }}
+            <tr><td class="label">posted:</td><td class="content">{{ $postDate }}</td></tr>
+            {{- if ne $postDate $updateDate }}
+              <tr><td class="label">updated:</td><td class="content">{{ $updateDate }}</td></tr>
+            {{ end }}
+          {{ end }}
+          {{- with .Params.tags }}{{- $tagCount := len . }}
+            <tr class="frontmatter_tags"><td>tags:</td><td>{{- if gt $tagCount 5 }}<details><summary>See all {{ $tagCount }} tags...</summary>{{- end }}[&quot;<a href="/tags">all</a>&quot; {{- range . }}{{- $tag := urlize . }}{{ if $tag }}, {{ end }}&quot;<a href='{{ absLangURL (printf "tags/%s" $tag) }}'>{{ . }}</a>&quot;{{- end }}]{{- if gt $tagCount 5 }}</details>{{- end }}</td></tr>
+          {{- end }}
+        </table>
+        <hr>
+      </div>
     </header>
     {{- with .Param "lastmod" -}}
       {{- $ageDays = div (sub now.Unix .Unix) 86400 -}}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/aside.html b/layouts/partials/aside.html
index 89483b4..28a9d08 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/aside.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/aside.html
@@ -1,30 +1,10 @@
-{{- $postDate := .Date.Format "2006-01-02" }}
-{{- $updateDate := .Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02" }}
-{{ if or (.Params.description) (.Params.date) }}
-  {{ if .Params.description }}<p>{{ .Params.description }}</p>{{ end }}
-  <p>
-    {{ if .Params.date }}<table><tr><td>posted:</td><td>{{ $postDate }}</td></tr>{{- if ne $postDate $updateDate }}<tr><td>updated:</td><td>{{ $updateDate }}</td></tr>{{ end }}</table>{{ end }}
-  </p>
+{{ if .Params.description }}<p>{{ .Params.description }}</p><hr>{{ end }}
+{{ if and (gt .WordCount 400 ) (gt (len .TableOfContents) 180) }}
+<p>
+  <h3>On this page</h3>
+  {{ .TableOfContents }}
   <hr>
-  {{ if and (gt .WordCount 400 ) (gt (len .TableOfContents) 180) }}
-  <p>
-    <h3>On this page</h3>
-    {{ .TableOfContents }}
-    <hr>
-  </p>
-  {{ end }}
-  {{- with .Params.tags -}}
-  <p>
-    <h3>Tags</h3>
-    [<a href="/tags">all</a>]
-    {{- range . }}
-      {{- $tag := urlize . -}}
-      [<a href='{{ absLangURL (printf "tags/%s" $tag) }}' title="{{ . }}">{{ . }}</a>]
-    {{- end }}
-    <br><br>
-    <hr>
-  </p>
-  {{- end }}
+</p>
 {{ end }}
 
 {{ if isset .Params "categories" }}
diff --git a/static/css/custom.css b/static/css/custom.css
index 1d2055f..b37b41f 100644
--- a/static/css/custom.css
+++ b/static/css/custom.css
@@ -302,4 +302,35 @@ button.tinylytics_kudos {
 button.tinylytics_kudos:hover {
   transform: scale(1.1);
   text-shadow: var(--off-fg) 0 0 1px;
+}
+
+/* post front matter styling*/
+.frontmatter hr {
+  margin-bottom: 0rem;
+  margin-top: 0rem;
+}
+
+.frontmatter h1 {
+  margin-top: 0rem;
+}
+
+.frontmatter .label {
+  color: var(--off-fg);
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+}
+
+.frontmatter .title {
+  color: var(--fg);
+  font-weight: 600;
+  font-size: 1.1rem;
+}
+
+.frontmatter table {
+  overflow-wrap: break-word;
+  margin-bottom: 0rem;
+}
+
+.frontmatter_tags {
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  color: var(--off-fg);
 }
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