diff --git a/layouts/_default/archives.html b/layouts/_default/archives.html
index 17fd57bf..9e32c764 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/archives.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/archives.html
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
         </h3>
         <div class="archive-meta">
           <time>{{ .Date.Format "January 2, 2006" }}</time>
-          {{- if $.Site.Params.ShowReadingTime }}&nbsp;.&nbsp;
+          {{- if $.Site.Params.ShowReadingTime }}&nbsp;·&nbsp;
           {{- $default_txt := print .ReadingTime " " "min" }}
           {{- i18n "read_time" .ReadingTime | default  $default_txt  }}{{ end }}
-          {{- if or .Params.author .Site.Params.author }}&nbsp;.&nbsp;{{- .Params.author | default .Site.Params.author }}{{ end }}
+          {{- if or .Params.author .Site.Params.author }}&nbsp;·&nbsp;{{- .Params.author | default .Site.Params.author }}{{ end }}
         </div>
         <a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to {{ .Title | plainify }}" href="{{ .Permalink }}"></a>
       </div>
diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.html b/layouts/_default/list.html
index ef31469a..3346e60b 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.html
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@
   {{- end }}
   <footer class="entry-footer">
     <time>{{ .Date.Format "January 2, 2006" }}</time>
-    {{- if $.Site.Params.ShowReadingTime }}&nbsp;.&nbsp;
+    {{- if $.Site.Params.ShowReadingTime }}&nbsp;·&nbsp;
     {{- $default_txt := print .ReadingTime " " "min" }}
     {{- i18n "read_time" .ReadingTime | default  $default_txt  }}{{ end }}
-    {{- if or .Params.author .Site.Params.author }}&nbsp;.&nbsp;{{- .Params.author | default .Site.Params.author }}{{ end }}
+    {{- if or .Params.author .Site.Params.author }}&nbsp;·&nbsp;{{- .Params.author | default .Site.Params.author }}{{ end }}
   </footer>
   <a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to {{ .Title | plainify }}" href="{{ .Permalink }}"></a>
 </article>
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 846690ba..fc834f3c 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
     {{- if .Params.hideMeta }}{{ else }}
     <div class="post-meta">
       <time>{{ .Date.Format "January 2, 2006" }}</time>
-      {{- if $.Site.Params.ShowReadingTime -}}&nbsp;.&nbsp;
+      {{- if $.Site.Params.ShowReadingTime -}}&nbsp;·&nbsp;
       {{- $default_txt := print .ReadingTime " " "min" }}
       {{- i18n "read_time" .ReadingTime | default  $default_txt  }}{{ end }}
-      {{- if or .Params.author .Site.Params.author }}&nbsp;.&nbsp;{{- .Params.author | default .Site.Params.author }}{{ end }}
+      {{- if or .Params.author .Site.Params.author }}&nbsp;·&nbsp;{{- .Params.author | default .Site.Params.author }}{{ end }}
       {{- if .IsTranslated -}}&nbsp;|&nbsp;
       <ul class="i18n_list">
         {{- i18n "translations" | default "Translations"}}: