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GithubRavenloft — A Gothic Parchment Theme for Obsidian.md
A parchment-warm dual-mode theme inspired by AD&D 2e Ravenloft: medieval marginalia, candle-lit libraries and the dread Mists all rolled into one.
Table of Contents
- Features
- Screenshots
- Requirements
- Installation
- Fonts
- Versioning & Changelog
- License
1. Features
- Carefully matched Light (aged parchment) and Dark (midnight library) variants;
- Hand-picked text stack (see below) with full Cyrillic & Latin coverage.
- 6-level colour-graded headings, ample whitespace, refined line-height.
- Works out-of-the-box with Obsidian ≥ 1.6 universal search spans.
- Muted gothic reds for accents.
- No CSS snippets needed ... drop it in and write.
2. Screenshots

3. Requirements
- Obsidian 1.6.0 or later (the first version with the new unified search-highlight API).
- Works on all desktop OSes; mobile has not been extensively tested.
4. Installation
4.1. Community Themes (preferred)
- Settings → Appearance → Manage → Browse.
- Search for “Ravenloft” and click Install.
- Hit Use to apply.
4.2. Manual
- Download / clone files into .obsidian/themes/Ravenloft/.
- Settings → Appearance → Themes → select Ravenloft.
Example vault structure:
.obsidian/
└─ themes/
└─ Ravenloft/
├─ manifest.json
├─ theme.css
├─ preview-light-theme.png
├─ preview-dark-theme.png
├─ preview.png
├─ README.md
├─ LICENSE
├─ versions.json
├─ .stylelintrc.json
5. Fonts
This theme uses Google Fonts:
- Open Sans is for UI https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans
- Literata is for main text https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Literata
- Vollkorn SC is for headings https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Vollkorn+SC
- Ruslan Display is for inline filename https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Ruslan+Display
Fonts are embedded into theme.css according to the instruction: https://docs.obsidian.md/Themes/App+themes/Embed+fonts+and+images+in+your+theme
6. Versioning & Changelog
This is version 1.1.1 This version overhauls the font stack (now Base64-embedded in theme.css) and fixes minor typos in this README.md
7. License
This theme is released under the MIT License (see LICENSE).
All recommended fonts are distributed under their own libre licenses and are not part of this repository; you are responsible for complying with each font’s terms.
Some License Details
- AD&D and Ravenloft are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC and Hasbro Inc.
- Fonts are under their own license: SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1 (OFL).
- MIT covers only the CSS and other source files of the theme.
- OFL covers the bundled fonts. Any derivative work that changes or extracts these fonts must also comply with the OFL.
- Thanks to the Obsidian community for documentation & CSS tricks <3
- Thanks TSR and WotC for the decades of Ravenloft <3
Happy writing and... beware the Mists!
