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Manuscript

Lech TwarógLech Twaróg95 downloads

Manuscript — a quiet, monochrome editorial theme for Obsidian. IBM Plex Sans, hairline rules, light and dark paper modes.

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A quiet, monochrome editorial theme for Obsidian: a warm paper background, near-black ink, IBM Plex Sans throughout, hairline rules and generous whitespace. No colour — hierarchy comes from weight, ink tone, hairline rules, and small-caps. Light and dark "paper" modes, both art-directed.

Manuscript

Install

  • Community directory (once accepted): Settings → Appearance → Manage, then search for Manuscript.
  • Manual: create a folder named Manuscript in <your vault>/.obsidian/themes/, copy manifest.json and theme.css from this repository into it, then select it under Settings → Appearance → Themes.
  • BRAT: add jackMort/manuscript in the BRAT community plugin.

Design

  • Monochrome. No chromatic colour anywhere — a warm greyscale palette in both modes. Links, headings and active states are set apart by weight, underline, ink tone and a faint ink wash, never by hue.
  • Editorial sans. IBM Plex Sans for text and headings, on a clear size scale; IBM Plex Mono for code.
  • Hairline rules are the main structural device — table cells, callouts, code blocks, dividers.
  • Small-caps labels for callout titles, table headers and the Properties panel, echoing a print type specimen.
  • Square and flat. Hard corners, no glow, no drop shadows.
  • A fully art-directed light "paper" and dark "paper" mode.

Fonts

The theme sets an IBM Plex Sans stack for text (and IBM Plex Mono for code), imported from Google Fonts with ui-sans-serif / ui-monospace fallbacks. Installing IBM Plex gives the intended look but is optional. Fonts can be overridden in Settings → Appearance.

License

MIT © Lech Twaróg

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Apply a quiet, monochrome editorial look with warm paper backgrounds, near‑black ink and IBM Plex Sans for a clean, print‑like reading experience. Use hairline rules, small‑caps labels and generous whitespace to build hierarchy without colour, with art‑directed light/dark paper modes and IBM Plex Mono for code.
Details
Current version
1.0.1
Last updated
3 days ago
Created
3 days ago
Updates
2 releases
Downloads
95
License
MIT
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Author
Lech TwarógLech Twarógjackmort
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