Test with js hack

docs/_static/css/baselines_theme.css

@@ -51,11 +51,8 @@ a.icon.icon-home {
         background: #f8f8f8;;
 }
 
-/* Change style of types in the docstrings .rst-content .field-list */
-.field-list .xref.py.docutils, .field-list code.docutils, .field-list .docutils.literal.notranslate
+/* Change style of types in the docstrings*/
+.field-list em
 {
-  border: None;
-  padding-left: 0;
-  padding-right: 0;
-  color: #404040;
+  font-size: 90%;
 }

docs/_static/js/custom.js

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+"use strict";
+
+// copied from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9899372
+function docReady(fn) {
+    // see if DOM is already available
+    if (document.readyState === "complete" || document.readyState === "interactive") {
+        // call on next available tick
+        setTimeout(fn, 1);
+    } else {
+        document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", fn);
+    }
+}
+
+docReady(function() {
+
+//  post-process autodoc type hints
+var elements = document.querySelectorAll(".field-list p");
+
+const regex = /([a-zA_z_0-9]*) \(([a-zA-Z_\[\]\s,\.0-9]+)\)(.*)/;
+
+Array.prototype.forEach.call(elements, function(el, i){
+  // convert to text
+  let text = el.textContent;
+  // re-apply formatting
+  if (text.match(regex)){
+    text = text.replace(regex, "<strong>$1</strong> (<em>$2</em>)$3");
+    el.innerHTML = text;
+  }
+});
+});

docs/conf.py

@@ -128,9 +128,18 @@ def __getattr__(cls, name):
 
 
 def setup(app):
-    app.add_css_file("css/baselines_theme.css")
+    pass
 
 
+html_css_files = [
+    "css/baselines_theme.css",
+]
+
+# Post-process autodoc signature
+html_js_files = [
+    "js/custom.js",
+]
+
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
 # documentation.