edit content.php in a child theme,
and move this whole section:
<footer class="entry-meta">
<?php twentytwelve_entry_meta(); ?>
<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'twentytwelve' ), '<span class="edit-link">', '</span>' ); ?>
<?php if ( is_singular() && get_the_author_meta( 'description' ) && is_multi_author() ) : // If a user has filled out their description and this is a multi-author blog, show a bio on their entries. ?>
<div class="author-info">
<div class="author-avatar">
<?php
/** This filter is documented in author.php */
$author_bio_avatar_size = apply_filters( 'twentytwelve_author_bio_avatar_size', 68 );
echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'user_email' ), $author_bio_avatar_size );
?>
</div><!-- .author-avatar -->
<div class="author-description">
<h2><?php printf( __( 'About %s', 'twentytwelve' ), get_the_author() ); ?></h2>
<p><?php the_author_meta( 'description' ); ?></p>
<div class="author-link">
<a href="<?php echo esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ); ?>" rel="author">
<?php printf( __( 'View all posts by %s <span class="meta-nav">→</span>', 'twentytwelve' ), get_the_author() ); ?>
</a>
</div><!-- .author-link -->
</div><!-- .author-description -->
</div><!-- .author-info -->
<?php endif; ?>
</footer><!-- .entry-meta -->
up to below this line:
<?php endif; // is_single() ?>
to change the wording of the post meta data, copy the code of the function twentytwelve_entry_meta()
from functions.php of Twenty Twelve into functions.php of the child theme and edit it there.
example of edited function code:
function twentytwelve_entry_meta() { //edited
// Translators: used between list items, there is a space after the comma.
$date = sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time></a>',
esc_url( get_permalink() ),
esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
esc_html( get_the_date() )
);
$author = sprintf( '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author">%3$s</a></span>',
esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'twentytwelve' ), get_the_author() ) ),
get_the_author()
);
$utility_text = __( '<span class="by-author"> by %2$s</span> on %1$s', 'twentytwelve' );
printf(
$utility_text,
$date,
$author
);
}