Obsidian Typewriter

Typewriter is an Obsidian October-winning theme designed for a focused writing experience.

Features

Careful choice in fonts; monospace in the editor and semi-proportional in preview and UI
Fonts have been base64 encoded, meaning you don't need to install them to use Typewriter
- This means that the fonts used here are available on mobile
Markdown formatting symbols are faded and shrunk, letting you focus on words instead
Vim cursor support
Long titles in the file explorer will soft-wrap
- Useful for mobile and small displays
Seamless embeds, without file titles
Cool dark mode and warm light mode
Compatibility with community plugins (see Plugin Compatibility)
Compatibility with Obsidian Hub
Highlight on the active line for focus
- Currently unavailable in v2.0.0 (Obsidian version 0.16.0 onwards)

Recommended Plugins

Typewriter Scroll by @death_au for the full typewriter experience
- This plugin comes also with a focus mode, which dims every line except the active one
Click Clack by @Acylation (still in beta) for typewriter sounds
Style Settings by @mgmeyers for easy customization

Plugin Compatibility

This list is non-exhaustive; other plugins I haven't tested yet may work. The plugins on this list are plugins I've tested or added specific support for.

Development

This theme is currently under development. Issues and pull requests are welcome.

Please see Releases for changes between updates.

Installation

Recommended (Obsidian Theme Manager)

Open Settings
Navigate to Appearance
Press the 'Manage' button
Search for Typewriter and press 'Install'

Manual

You can also manually install this theme.

For Obsidian version 0.16.0/1.0.0 and above:

Download theme.css and manifest.json
In your vault's hidden theme directory (.obsidian/themes/), create a Typewriter/ directory
Move theme.css and manifest.json into the .obsidian/themes/Typewriter folder

For Obsidian version 0.15.9 and below:

Download obsidian.css
- Please note that obsidian.css has been deprecated. Development will focus more on theme.css.
Rename the file to Typewriter.css
Move the file to your vault's theme directory
- Navigate to your vault's hidden .obsidian/themes folder
- Place Typewriter.css inside that folder

Credits

Inspiration and/or some code were taken from the following:

Minimal by @kepano
Yin and Yang by @chetachiezikeuzor
Deep Work by @nikbrunner
the Scrivener theme A Midsummer Night for the colors behind Typewriter's dark mode
Solarized Light for the colors behind Typewriter's light mode

Fonts

This theme uses the fonts iA Writer Mono V, iA Writer Quattro S and JetBrains Mono. These fonts have been base64 encoded into the theme CSS, meaning that you don't have to install them and that they are available on mobile. If you want to, however, the links are below: