custom post grid content & layout

First, I would like to be able to configure the post grid content and set what appears in the post container, based on the post type. For instance, if I'm showing a custom post type for courses, I would like to be able to show stuff like Course Category, Skills Level, Number of Lessons in course, etc. At present, the post grid is just too generic . Second, I would like to have greater control over the LAYOUT of this information, with options to set location of category / tag / field info beyond just choosing "above / below …" etc. along with being able to set font, background and colour of these. Being able to pick individual content for a post grid based on post type fields and set formatting options would make the post grid an extremely powerful tool.