Retro Terminal

Retro Terminal — Obsidian Theme

A theme that channels the aesthetics of vintage computing — amber phosphor terminals and the original Macintosh.

Screenshots

Dark Mode — Amber Phosphor Terminal

Light Mode — Original Macintosh (1984)

Features

🖥️ Dark Mode — Amber Phosphor Terminal

• Warm amber (#ffbb33) text on deep black — like a real phosphor display
• Heading hierarchy from white-hot → deep amber
• Cyan (#44dddd) links and tags that pop against the amber
• Subtle scanline overlay for authentic CRT texture
• Soft phosphor text glow on body text and bold
• Prompt prefix (> ) on H1 headings
• Blinking block cursor in amber

🍎 Light Mode — Original Macintosh (1984)

• Clean near-white (#fafafa) background
• Pure black text — no color, just like Susan Kare intended
• 1-pixel black borders on buttons, inputs, and code blocks
• Black-and-white selection highlighting (inverted, like the real thing)
• Click-to-invert buttons (white → black on press)
• Crisp, minimal, zero decoration

Both Modes

• Monospace everything — Monaco → Menlo → IBM Plex Mono → Cascadia Mono → Courier New
• Square corners — border-radius: 0 on all elements, toggles, and checkboxes
• Always-underlined links
• Blinking block cursor with terminal-style animation
• Minimal scrollbars
• Clean icon buttons — no circles, no hover backgrounds
• Solid table borders and styled code blocks
• 14px base font size

Installation

Manual

1. Go to Settings → Appearance → Themes → Open themes folder
2. Create a folder called Retro Terminal
3. Copy manifest.json and theme.css into it
4. Go back to Appearance and select Retro Terminal

From GitHub

1. Clone or download this repo
2. Copy the folder to .obsidian/themes/ in your vault
3. Enable in Settings → Appearance

Font Recommendations

The theme uses this font stack (in order of preference):

On macOS you're covered out of the box. On Windows/Linux, install IBM Plex Mono or Cascadia Mono for best results.

License

MIT