Ok, after a few cups of coffee and some cussing, it seems like I fixed the problem!
Changed the photos.css file:
Under Description, I added:
#desc sml {
max-width:30em;
margin:0;
padding:10px 15px 5px 265px;
border-width:0;
font:100% Verdana,Sans-serif;
line-height:1.6em;
letter-spacing:0;
text-transform:none;
text-align:left;
}
Then I changed the style for the description at image.php file, line 35:
<sml><?php printImageDesc(true); ?></sml>
Seems to work for now. If someone comes up with another solution I'd love to know!