yes, I did figure that out. I looked at the CSS of the style and then at the CSS of some minimalist customizations that moved icons, and then I c&p'ed sections into the custom CSS field and fiddled until it looked okay. It's still not quite ideal with the margins and stuff, and I got fed up with having to fiddle so I haven't tweaked further or looked up all the sections where I need to change that serif font I don't like.

I picked the minimalist Georgia theme and to make the icons display left I added to the custom CSS:
.content .entry .entry-title {
margin-left:130px;
font-size:2.4em;
line-height:1.1em;
}
.content .entry .entry-title IMG {
padding-right:.5em;
}
.content .entry .entry-text .author {
position:relative;
float:left;
max-width:120px;
margin:1.2em 1.2 1.2em 1.2em;
font-size:0.85em;
text-align:center;
z-index:10;
}
.content .entry .entry-text .entry-date {
margin:1em 0 1em;
font-size:1.1em;
font-style:italic;
text-transform:lowercase;
font-family:Georgia, serif;
}