I stumbled on a plugin called Category Icons, and was able to get 1 icon to display (with a hefty amount of ugly CSS hacking) but for the most part, all it did was push my content further down the page leaving an ugly gap between the Post Title and Post Entry.

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Let's say I write a blog and I assign "Blog, Movies, Reviews" categories. I would like for the blog post to display 3 icons next to the post (stacked, vertically down the left side) that show blog, movies, and reviews. I've linked to a mock-up I created to help you see what I'm trying to do.

http://cl.ly/AcJV

I stumbled on a plugin called Category Icons, and was able to get 1 icon to display (with a hefty amount of ugly CSS hacking) but for the most part, all it did was push my content further down the page leaving an ugly gap between the Post Title and Post Entry.

Any suggestions? I appreciate any advice you can give me!