diff --git a/cms/static/sass/assets/_fonts.scss b/cms/static/sass/assets/_fonts.scss
index 0798d3bb31..0e05f044fc 100644
--- a/cms/static/sass/assets/_fonts.scss
+++ b/cms/static/sass/assets/_fonts.scss
@@ -1,8 +1,49 @@
 // studio - assets - fonts
+// NOTE: Sass currently can't process the standard Google Web Font import method, so a @font-face with src declaration of the .woff file that the Google @import method uses is needed :/
 // ====================
 
-// import from google fonts - Open Sans
-@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300italic,400italic,700italic,400,700,300);
+// Open Sans - http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Open+Sans
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Open Sans';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  src: local('Open Sans Bold'), local('OpenSans-Bold'), url(http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/opensans/v6/k3k702ZOKiLJc3WVjuplzKRDOzjiPcYnFooOUGCOsRk.woff) format('woff');
+}
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Open Sans';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 300;
+  src: local('Open Sans Light'), local('OpenSans-Light'), url(http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/opensans/v6/DXI1ORHCpsQm3Vp6mXoaTaRDOzjiPcYnFooOUGCOsRk.woff) format('woff');
+}
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Open Sans';
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  src: local('Open Sans Bold Italic'), local('OpenSans-BoldItalic'), url(http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/opensans/v6/PRmiXeptR36kaC0GEAetxhbnBKKEOwRKgsHDreGcocg.woff) format('woff');
+}
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Open Sans';
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-weight: 300;
+  src: local('Open Sans Light Italic'), local('OpenSansLight-Italic'), url(http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/opensans/v6/PRmiXeptR36kaC0GEAetxvR_54zmj3SbGZQh3vCOwvY.woff) format('woff');
+}
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Open Sans';
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-weight: 400;
+  src: local('Open Sans Italic'), local('OpenSans-Italic'), url(http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/opensans/v6/xjAJXh38I15wypJXxuGMBrrIa-7acMAeDBVuclsi6Gc.woff) format('woff');
+}
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Open Sans';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400;
+  src: local('Open Sans'), local('OpenSans'), url(http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/opensans/v6/cJZKeOuBrn4kERxqtaUH3bO3LdcAZYWl9Si6vvxL-qU.woff) format('woff');
+}
 
-// import from google fonts - Bree
-@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Bree+Serif);
+// Bree Serif - http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Bree+Serif
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Bree Serif';
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400;
+  src: local('Bree Serif'), local('BreeSerif'), url(http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/breeserif/v2/LQ7WLTaITDg4OSRuOZCps73hpw3pgy2gAi-Ip7WPMi0.woff) format('woff');
+}
diff --git a/cms/static/sass/elements/_header.scss b/cms/static/sass/elements/_header.scss
index 50167ff042..8c7d59038e 100644
--- a/cms/static/sass/elements/_header.scss
+++ b/cms/static/sass/elements/_header.scss
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@
 // specific elements - course nav
 .nav-course {
   width: 290px;
+  @extend .t-copy-sub1;
   margin-top: -($baseline/4);
-  @include font-size(14);
 
   > ol > .nav-item {
     vertical-align: bottom;
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@
       color: $gray-d3;
 
       .label-prefix {
-        display: block;
         @include font-size(11);
+        display: block;
         font-weight: 400;
       }
     }
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/notes/migrations/0001_initial.py b/lms/djangoapps/notes/migrations/0001_initial.py
index 738d121e79..0372a889df 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/notes/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/notes/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             ('id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.AutoField')(primary_key=True)),
             ('user', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey')(to=orm['auth.User'])),
             ('course_id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=255, db_index=True)),
-            ('uri', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=1024, db_index=True)),
+            ('uri', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=512, db_index=True)),
             ('text', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.TextField')(default='')),
             ('quote', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.TextField')(default='')),
             ('range_start', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=2048)),
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             'tags': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "''"}),
             'text': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "''"}),
             'updated': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'db_index': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
-            'uri': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '1024', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'uri': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '512', 'db_index': 'True'}),
             'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
         }
     }
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/notes/models.py b/lms/djangoapps/notes/models.py
index 7c9db7dc28..4050516f13 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/notes/models.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/notes/models.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import json
 class Note(models.Model):
     user = models.ForeignKey(User, db_index=True)
     course_id = models.CharField(max_length=255, db_index=True)
-    uri = models.CharField(max_length=1024, db_index=True)
+    uri = models.CharField(max_length=512, db_index=True)
     text = models.TextField(default="")
     quote = models.TextField(default="")
     range_start = models.CharField(max_length=2048)  # xpath string
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ class Note(models.Model):
     updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, db_index=True)
 
     def clean(self, json_body):
-        '''
+        """
         Cleans the note object or raises a ValidationError.
-        '''
+        """
         if json_body is None:
             raise ValidationError('Note must have a body.')
 
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ class Note(models.Model):
             self.tags = ",".join(tags)
 
     def get_absolute_url(self):
-        '''
-        Returns the aboslute url for the note object.
-        '''
+        """
+        Returns the absolute url for the note object.
+        """
         kwargs = {'course_id': self.course_id, 'note_id': str(self.pk)}
         return reverse('notes_api_note', kwargs=kwargs)
 
     def as_dict(self):
-        '''
+        """
         Returns the note object as a dictionary.
-        '''
+        """
         return {
             'id': self.pk,
             'user_id': self.user.pk,