diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/notebook.less b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/notebook.less
index b316ac368..c1c56b0b4 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/notebook.less
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/less/notebook.less
@@ -476,17 +476,27 @@ margin-bottom:0;
 a.heading-anchor:link, a.heading-anchor:visited {
   text-decoration: none;
   color: inherit;
+}
 
 /* raw_input styles */
 
-span.input_prompt {
+div.raw_input {
+  padding-top: 0px;
+  padding-bottom: 0px;
+  height: 1em;
+  line-height: 1em;
   font-family: monospace;
-  
+}
+span.input_prompt {
+  font-family: inherit;
 }
 input.raw_input {
-    color: inherit;
-    width: auto;
-    height: 1em;
-    line-height: 1em;
-    margin: -2px 0px 0px 0px;
+  font-family: inherit;
+  font-size: inherit;
+  color: inherit;
+  width: auto;
+  margin: -2px 0px 0px 1px;
+  padding-left: 1px;
+  padding-top: 2px;
+  height: 1em;
 }