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Mokume

by kluesn
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Description

This theme supports Dark Mode
This theme supports Light Mode

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Mokume

木目 – Japanese for “wood grain”

A warm, tactile theme for Obsidian, made for the long hours you spend in your notes. Instead of sterile white and cold greys, Mokume uses warm, earthy tones, soft shadows and paper with a fine, tactile grain. No harsh contrast and no hard divider lines: sidebar, editor and tabs rest like cards on a quiet desk, so the screen feels calm and easy on the eyes.

Mokume in dark and light mode

Dark mode Light mode
Dark mode Light mode

Features

  • Dark and light mode – a cosy, espresso-toned dark mode and a soft, warm light mode
  • Japanese-inspired typography – Shippori Mincho for headings, with the fine brush endings of Japanese book printing, and Literata, designed for long reading on screens, for text and interface. Both embedded, nothing to install
  • Tactile, calm surfaces – fine paper grain and fibres, subtle mottling, soft lamp light, no harsh white
  • Floating cards – sidebar, editor and tabs sit on the desk with consistent gaps and soft shadows, no hard divider lines
  • Folder chips – top-level folders as coloured index cards
  • Drop cap – every note opens with a gentle initial
  • PDF++ support – quote callouts and highlights styled to match, toolbar without divider line
  • Adjustable with the Style Settings plugin

Style Settings

With Style Settings installed you can adjust:

Area Options
Surface gap between cards, shadow strength, paper grain, paper fibres, darker page edges, lamp light, paper mottling on/off
Colours desk, page, sidebar and three accent colours, separately for light and dark mode
Typography line height, sans-serif interface, drop cap on/off
Elements plain top-level folders, PDF++ quotes in their own highlight colour, background tabs without card

Recommended settings

  • Settings → Appearance → Window frame style: Obsidian frame gives the cleanest window corners on macOS.
  • Leave the font fields under Settings → Appearance → Font empty, otherwise they override the theme's fonts.

Credits

  • Shippori Mincho by FONTDASU, SIL Open Font License 1.1
  • Literata by TypeTogether (Veronika Burian, José Scaglione), SIL Open Font License 1.1
  • Colour names inspired by traditional Japanese colours

License

Theme code: MIT, see LICENSE. Embedded fonts: SIL Open Font License 1.1, see OFL.txt.

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