diff --git a/src/styles/components/reader.css b/src/styles/components/reader.css
index 5b809b59..64222bad 100644
--- a/src/styles/components/reader.css
+++ b/src/styles/components/reader.css
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@
 .reader-html pre { background: rgb(30 30 30); /* ~zinc-850 */ border: 1px solid rgb(63 63 70); /* zinc-700 */ border-radius: 8px; padding: 1rem; overflow-x: auto; margin: 1rem 0; font-family: 'Monaco', 'Menlo', 'Consolas', 'Courier New', monospace; }
 .reader-html code { background: rgb(30 30 30); /* ~zinc-850 */ border: 1px solid rgb(63 63 70); /* zinc-700 */ border-radius: 4px; padding: 0.15rem 0.4rem; font-size: 0.9em; font-family: 'Monaco', 'Menlo', 'Consolas', 'Courier New', monospace; }
 .reader-html pre code { background: transparent; border: none; padding: 0; display: block; }
+/* Desktop: increase horizontal padding for text content */
+@media (min-width: 769px) {
+  .reader-html, .reader-markdown {
+    padding-left: 2rem;
+    padding-right: 2rem;
+  }
+}
 /* Article menu */
 .article-menu-container { display: flex; justify-content: flex-end; padding: 1.5rem 0 0.5rem; margin-top: 2rem; }
 .article-menu-wrapper { position: relative; }